QMG Recognizes National Cancer Survivors Day with “If These Sidewalks Could Talk”

May 28, 2020

Who would imag­ine that chalk could be so pow­er­ful? Over the past cou­ple months, side­walk chalk has been used to cre­ate beau­ti­ful mes­sages and pic­tures lift­ing spir­its through­out the coun­try. The mes­sages and draw­ings cre­at­ed have pro­vid­ed signs of hope for so many.

Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) plans to use the pow­er of chalk to mark the annu­al Nation­al Can­cer Sur­vivors Day on Sun­day, June 7. On this day, QMG is invit­ing com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers of all ages to cre­ate draw­ings or write mes­sages in sup­port of can­cer patients and sur­vivors on their side­walks and driveways.

QMG Direc­tor of Com­mu­ni­ty Rela­tions Lau­ra Ten­house said ​“If These Side­walks Could Talk” is a way to hon­or the jour­ney of our local can­cer patients. The idea was inspired by last year’s event, ​“If These Walls Could Talk” held at the QMG Can­cer Insti­tute. For that event, the doors to the QMG Can­cer Insti­tute were opened, pri­or to com­ple­tion of the facil­i­ty, to allow patients, their fam­i­lies, and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to write inspi­ra­tional mes­sages on the unfin­ished walls.

“At ​‘If These Walls Could Talk’ we saw how much the writ­ten words left on the walls meant to patients who have gone through the emo­tion­al and phys­i­cal toll of a can­cer diag­no­sis,” Ten­house shared. ​“Most impor­tant­ly, patients and sur­vivors felt the love of their com­mu­ni­ty. We want to extend that sup­port to them again this year, when their strug­gles have been com­pound­ed by the coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic, and invite our com­mu­ni­ty to share their mes­sages of encour­age­ment from wher­ev­er they are.”

All those who par­tic­i­pate in ​“If These Side­walks Could Talk” are invit­ed to share pic­tures of their side­walk messages.

Here’s how it works:

  • Using side­walk chalk, we invite you, along with your fam­i­ly and friends, to draw mes­sages or pic­tures on your dri­ve­way or sidewalk.
  • Take a pic­ture of your mes­sage or draw­ing. Share your work in one of the fol­low­ing ways:
    • Send the pic­ture to Quin­cy Med­ical Group’s Face­book via Face­book Messenger.
    • Share on you your social media account and tag Quin­cy Med­ical Group. To tag Quin­cy Med­ical Group, type the “@” key on your key­board and type Quin­cy Med­ical Group.
    • Email it to marketing@​quincymedgroup.​com.