First Lady Jill Biden discussed the importance of cancer prevention at Logan Heights Family Health Center before a dinner with crew of the USS Gabrielle Giffords.
On a visit to San Diego to highlight the administration’s “cancer moonshot” and initiatives for military families, First Lady Jill Biden toured a Logan Heights health clinic Friday to discuss a $100,000 cancer screening grant, before greeting crew members of the USS Gabrielle Giffords warship based at Naval Base San Diego.
Those services are important to help people unfamiliar with health care systems manage the shock of a cancer diagnosis and the complex decisions that often must follow, the first lady said.Christopher Gordon, the chief medical officer for Family Health Centers of San Diego, said the grant enables the clinic to help newly diagnosed patients make sense of their treatment options and medical trials and overcome obstacles to care.
The first lady next stopped at the USS Gabrielle Giffords to greet about 20 crew members and deliver pizzas from Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co. Before boarding the ship, which she christened in 2015, Biden changed from the heels she had been wearing into sneakers, in order to climb ladders on the vessel.
Biden acknowledged the role military families play in supporting service members, calling them as critical to the military mission “as the engine is to the ship.” Rep. Sara Jacobs, who serves on House Armed Services Committee and was among the elected officials who greeted the first lady at the airport, said she and Biden discussed priorities such as child care for military families during the visit.
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