DULUTH, Minn. (KQDS-TV)- With the holidays right around the corner, Essentia Health is raising money to gift its cancer patients with more financial support.
The holiday happenings sale is taking place at both the Downtown Duluth location at 502 E 2nd street, and Superior Essentia at 3500 Tower Avenue.
The sales are set up in their conference rooms, and they're fully decked out with Christmas trinkets for sale.
Proceeds will benefit the cancer compassionate care fund to help supply patients with resources including hotel stays and gas gift cards for prolonged treatment.
An oncology worker says that patients often commute for appointments. So, they rely on these resources to get proper treatment.
"It's incredibly beneficial just because there are not a lot of funds available necessarily for every type of cancer, so for certain patients, particularly those that are receiving radiation treatment, they may be here Monday through Friday for six weeks," said Chris Mitchell, oncology social worker at Essentia Health.
Essentia Health in Superior will be wrapping up sales tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the community room.
And in Duluth, they will continue until Friday November 6th.