Cancer Survivors Park
Richard Bloch Foundation parks
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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:[1]
- 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
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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.[2]
| Park Name | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Beach Park | Bakersfield, California | Sculpture figures stolen[3] |
| Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivor Plaza, at Julia Davis Park | Boise, Idaho | Intact; includes a kinetic wind sculpture instead of the Salmones sculpture[4] |
| 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[5] | Cleveland, Ohio | Some sculpture figures missing |
| RA Bloch Cancer Survivors Garden and Labyrinth, in Maxcy Gregg Park[6] | Columbia, South Carolina | Intact |
| Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza, part of Chadwick Arboretum[7] | Columbus, Ohio | Intact |
| Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Celebration of Life Park[8][9] | Dallas, Texas | Some sculpture figures missing |
| The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Hermann Park | Houston, Texas[10][11] | Some sculpture figures vandalized and removed[12] |
| Cancer Survivors Park | Indianapolis, Indiana | Demolished (1995–2017)[13] |
| Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, on the downtown campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville | Jacksonville, Florida | Intact[14] |
| Bloch Cancer Survivors Park[15][16] | Kansas City, Missouri | Intact, and revitalized to include the Transformed Flower sculpture[17][18] |
| Richard & Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, in Memphis Botanic Garden | Memphis, Tennessee | Intact |
| Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, at Marquette Plaza[19] | 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[20] | New Orleans, Louisiana | Intact |
| Cancer Survivors Park[21] | Omaha, Nebraska | Intact |
| Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park[22] | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Intact |
| Cancer Survivors Park[23] | Phoenix, Arizona | Intact |
| Bloch Cancer Survivors Park[24][25] | Rancho Mirage, California | Intact |
| Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park, at UC Davis Medical Center[26] | 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[27] |
| Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Al Lopez Park[28] | Tampa, Florida | Intact |
| Cancer Survivors Park | Towson, Maryland[29] | Intact |
| Cancer Survivors Plaza, at Gene C. Reid Park[30] | Tucson, Arizona | Intact |