The document summarizes MMR Group's partnership with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to provide cancer screenings and education to MMR employees. Through on-site mobile clinics and screening events in 2021, over 135 MMR employees were screened for oral and skin cancers, with 9 abnormal findings that received follow up testing and care, and 3 cancer diagnoses identified. MMR expanded the partnership in 2022 to provide screenings at additional MMR locations in Louisiana.

1. PEPPER RUTLAND'S POST
The Official Newsletter of James Pepper Rutland, Founder, President
and CEO of MMR Group
APRIL 2021
a look at the Mary Bird Perkins
Cancer Center and MMR Group
partnership - page 1
MMR Skin Cancer Education - page 2
PEPPER RUTLAND'S POST:
M A R Y B I R D P E R K I N S C A N C E R C E N T E R
THE MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER
AND MMR GROUP PARTNERSHIP
In January, MMR partnered with the Mary Bird Perkins
Cancer Center to target the education and prevention of
oral cancer and tobacco use by setting up an on-site
mobile clinic for employees, and in March, held a month-
long campaign and screenings to target skin cancer
awareness.
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2021
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More than 135 MMR employees were screened for oral
and skin cancers.
Nine MMR Group employees had abnormal findings – all
of which were navigated by a nurse navigator for follow-
up testing and care.
Three cancer diagnoses were identified as a result of the
screening.
MMR Group partnered with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer
Center through a corporate sponsorship that includes a
gift to expand and advance cancer care.
MMR Group will expand its partnership with the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center to
provide cancer screenings to employees in Belle Chasse, LA and Broussard, LA in
addition to Baton Rouge.
MMR’s support has expanded and advanced cancer care as well as provided education,
prevention and detection services to its employees and the community at large with
Mary Bird Perkins’ Prevention on the Go – Workplace Program.
MMR maintained its strong commitment during the global pandemic to safety and
quality, providing unique services to clients in new markets, streamlining internal
programs and focusing on advanced employee health and wellness initiatives.

2. Angel De La Mora,
MMR HSE Coordinator
The event kicked off at the beginning of March with a skin cancer education seminar
performed by Dr. Sarah McGinty, Louisiana Dermatology Associates. Dr. McGinty spoke to
employees about the various types of skin cancer, including how to identify, who is most at
risk and measures to prevent.
The following week, Dr. McGinty visited the MMR campus again to perform skin cancer
screenings on approximately 80 employees through the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center’s
Prevention on the Go Program. More than half of those never been evaluated for skin cancer
and several were navigated for a follow up.
Employees who participated in the screenings received cooling towels, sunburn detection
stickers, sunglass cases, sunscreen, lip balm and more. Additionally, $1,775.00 was
collected to support the Cancer Center, and employees who donated, were entered into a
chance to win gift cards to restaurants, retailers, etc.
MMR President/CEO James “Pepper” Rutland also participated in a remote radio show, “The
Brand” with Carey Guglielmo on Talk 107.3FM, discussing MMR’s partnership with the
Cancer Center and the importance of offering health and wellness incentives to employees.
The show also featured Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center President/CEO Todd Stevens,
Screening Physician Dr. Sarah McGinty and Dana Simmons, an MMR employee and cancer
survivor who received care and treatment under the Cancer Center.
Listen to the full episode here.
Follow this link to view the full article
MMR OFFERS EMPLOYEES SKIN CANCER EDUCATION AND
SCREENINGS, PARTICIPATES IN MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN
IN SUPPORT OF MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER
April 6, 2020
MMR held a March Madness
Campaign in support of cancer
awareness, prevention and
detection and the efforts of
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer
Center. During the month of
March, employees participated
in several activities to bring
awareness to skin cancer and
support the Center’s mission,
including a skin cancer seminar,
a skin cancer screening and
employee/company fundraising.
MMR Group is a leader in the instrumentation and electrical construction industry
and has performed over $6 billion in electrical and instrumentation services since
the company's founding in 1991. MMR serves clients in the chemical and
petrochemical, oil and gas, industrial manufacturing, power generation and power
development markets. Under Pepper Rutland’s leadership, MMR continues to grow
both regionally and nationally with over 30 branch offices across the globe.
Pepper Rutland
Founder, President, and CEO of MMR Group
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