The Native People's Circle of Hope is a coalition of Native American cancer support groups. We have chapters in Alaska, Idaho, Oklahoma, Oregon, Arizona, Montana and nationwide affiliates. NPCOH's mission is to provide hope, an improvement of communication, support, education and advocacy for the cancer survivor. A. Native Communities NPCOH serves Native People's Circle of Hope serves Native American cancer survivors, their families, caretakers and medical providers who live on and off their reservations and is a coalition of Native American cancer support whose mission is to provide hope, an improvement of communication, support, education and advocacy for the cancer survivor. Members of the coalition are from Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Arizona and Oklahoma. NPCOH activities focus on Native cancer survivors and their supporters. A long standing project is the Medicine-Bag project wherein NPCOH gifts to newly diagnosed cancer survivors, regardless of type of cancer or ethnic background those items that a cancer survivor might need during their treatment. A few of the items gifted are a pill container, water bottle, hat, lap quilt, cancer books, slippers, beaded Medicine-Bag necklace, and other similar donated items. This project enlists the help of many volunteers to collect the products, make the quilts and bead the necklaces. The volunteers are encouraged during the course of the activity to adopt healthy behaviors that can lower their risk for a cancer diagnosis.