Cancer Survivors Park refers to a series of parks funded by the Bloch Foundation. Twenty-five parks were built across the US and Canada. They are all different but designed with the same elements: A walk with bronze plaques containing inspirational and instructional information The Cancer, There Is Hope sculpture of eight people passing through a maze that represents cancer treatment A walk with bronze plaques containing information about cancer and basic actions to overcome it
The park program was founded by Richard Bloch (co-founder of H&R Block) and his wife Annette Block, after Richard survived lung cancer. The parks were part of a larger program supporting cancer research and patient education.
Park Name Location Status Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Beach Park Bakersfield, California Sculpture figures stolen Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor Plaza, at Julia Davis Park Boise, Idaho Intact; includes a kinetic wind sculpture instead of the Salmones sculpture Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Garden, now part of Maggie Daley Park Chicago, Illinois Intact; includes an open pavilion instead of the Salmones sculpture Bloch Cancer Survivors' Plaza, at Celebration Plaza Cleveland, Ohio Some sculpture figures missingRA Bloch Cancer Survivors Garden and Labyrinth, in Maxcy Gregg Park Columbia, South Carolina Intact Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza, part of Chadwick Arboretum Columbus, Ohio Intact Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Celebration of Life Park Dallas, Texas Some sculpture figures missing The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Hermann Park Houston, Texas Some sculpture figures vandalized and removed Cancer Survivors Park Indianapolis, Indiana Demolished (1995–2017) Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, on the downtown campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Intact Bloch Cancer Survivors Park Kansas City, Missouri Intact, and revitalized to include the Transformed Flower sculpture Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, in Memphis Botanic Garden Memphis, Tennessee Intact Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, at Marquette Plaza Minneapolis, Minnesota Intact Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor Park, at Credit Valley Hospital Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Intact Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza, in the Central Business District New Orleans, Louisiana Intact Cancer Survivors Park Omaha, Nebraska Intact Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Intact Cancer Survivors Park Phoenix, Arizona Intact Bloch Cancer Survivors Park Rancho Mirage, California Intact Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, at UC Davis Medical Center Sacramento, California Intact Cancer Survivors Park at Spanish Landing Park San Diego, California Intact Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Fremont Neighborhood Park Santa Rosa, California Intact; neighborhood park renovation planned Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Al Lopez Park Tampa, Florida Intact Cancer Survivors Park Towson, Maryland Intact Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Gene C. Reid Park Tucson, Arizona Intact
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