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Professor Victoria L. Champion poses in Bloch Cancer Survivors Park.
Bloch Cancer Survivors Park
For Richard and Annette Bloch, beating cancer is a cause worth fighting, and that's the message they have created in a series of more than a dozen Cancer Survivors Parks across the nation, including one on the IUPUI campus. The parks convey a common message: "Don't equate death and cancer" by giving a tribute to the living.
The 1.5-acre IUPUI park, located on a triangle-shaped site where Indiana Avenue intersects with 10th Street and University Boulevard, is a life-affirming green space that serves as a gateway to both the IU Medical Center/IUPUI campus and downtown Indianapolis. The site is dotted with life-size sculptures of men, women and children, all passing through a series of portals that represent the stages of treatments and success.
The Bloch family's parks lift the spirits of families touched by cancer across the nation. Other cities offering such dynamic parks include Bakersfield (Calif.), Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, New Orleans, Omaha (Neb.), Phoenix, Rancho Mirage (Calif.) and Santa Rosa (Fla.).
