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OPPORTUNITY
TO Serve

Texas Tech’s JoyCentric

SPREADING JOY AT JACC

oyCentric Organization (JCO)
is a 501(c)3 non-profit public
Jcharity organization that serves
local cancer communities by
bringing joy to patients, families,
and hospital staff. JoyCentric was
founded to reach out and support
oncology patients and families
through the pillars of compassion,
service, care, and awareness.
Our President, Mark Gao, founded
JoyCentric during his first year of
college, based on inspiration from
his high school experiences. He
wanted to give back to the local
community and support people
facing difficult and unimaginable
situations. He believed that the best
way to do this was through helping
patients and families struggling with various activities, such as meeting
cancer. and connecting with patients,
assembling and distributing
After doing similar work in high handmade gift bags, hosting social
school, he saw firsthand the events and gatherings, and holding
isolation and loneliness that cancer fundraisers.
patients can feel during treatment,
especially those who must remain They work to connect with the cancer with the UMC Cancer Center soon,
in the hospital. He designed the community and bring awareness of as well as Ronald McDonald House
organization to brighten the days the unspoken difficulties they face to (and hopefully more in the future)!
of some of the most ill in our the wider Lubbock and Texas Tech
community by providing social and population. Ultimately, they hope JoyCentric hopes not only to serve
emotional support. to bring the two communities closer these communities, but also to
together. By starting the first chapter be able to carry on the legacy of
With over 50 current members, at Texas Tech in Lubbock, they also those they are able to impact and
they primarily work with the Joe hope to be an inspiration for others encourage future generations to
Arrington Cancer Treatment & to start chapters in other parts of the continue serving the community
Research Center at Covenant. At country. They plan to start working with compassion, care, awareness,
Texas Tech, JoyCentric conducts and honor.

You can find out more about JoyCentric at our website (joycentric.org or joycentric.org/TexasTech) or by connecting with
us on social media: Facebook (@JoyCentricOrg) and Instagram (@jco.raiders). If you would like to donate, you can find our
PayPal Giving Fund on our website or by contacting us at joycentricorg@gmail.com or jco.raiders@gmail.com.

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