Fun Free Opportunities/resources for Breast Cancer patients

[Paula O]

This is a newspaper article about our Little Pink House of Hope Retreat in Oak Island N.C. that my family was a part of. I don't remember my speech ever being so fragmented and I am stage 3, not 2, but I'm the Paula quoted. http://stateportpilot.com/topstory/article_ba7274c6-251b-11e2-bcd7-001a4bcf887a.html The Mom of the dear family in the photo is struggling with rapid progression of the metastasis now and she is fighting hard. One of her daughters and mine have become pen pal buddies since our retreat.

Little Pink Houses of Hope will be offering vacations in 2013 for women with breast cancer and their families in: Kure Beach, NC; St. John, USVI; Hatteras, NC; Bethany Beach, DE; Key West, ...FL; Emerald Isle, NC; California; Oak Island, NC; Buxton, NC; North Myrtle Beach, SC; Myrtle Beach, SC; and New Smyrna, FL http://www.littlepinkhousesofhope.org/testimonials.html

ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2013 RETREATS WILL OPEN IN JANUARY 2013!

[Paula O]

http://www.cancerfac.org/about.php

Cancer Financial Assistance Collition


CFAC is a coalition of financial assistance organizations joining forces to help cancer patients experience better health and well-being by limiting financial challenges, through:

Facilitating communication and collaboration among member organizations;
Educating patients and providers about existing resources and linking to other organizations that can disseminate information about the collective resources of the member organizations;
Advocating on behalf of cancer patients who continue to bear financial burdens associated with the costs of cancer treatment and care.
member organizations
The 14 member organizations of CFAC are:

American Cancer Society
CancerCare
CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation
Chronic Disease Fund
HealthWell Foundation
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's
Co-Pay Assistance Program
Lymphoma Research Foundation
The Max Foundation
National Organization for Rare Diseases
National Marrow Donor Program
Patient Access Network Foundation
Patient Services Incorporated
Sarcoma Alliance
Learn more...

contact us
CFAC is a coalition of organizations and cannot respond to individual requests for financial assistance. To find out if financial help is available, please search the CFAC database. You may also contact each CFAC member organization individually for guidance and possible financial assistance.

http://www.cancerfac.org/about.php

[Paula O]

"CancerCare® Launches New Transportation Assistance Program for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
New York, NY, February 6, 2012—National nonprofit CancerCare has launched a new program to provide financial help to people coping with metastatic breast cancer. The “CancerCare Get You There” program will provide individual grants to metastatic breast cancer patients for covering transportation costs such as gasoline, parking and tolls, and taxi, bus or train fare to and from their treatment.

The program is funded in part by a generous contribution from Celgene Corporation. CancerCare is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral and direct financial assistance.

Metastatic breast cancer is the most advanced stage of breast cancer, and is among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women. Approximately 155,000 women are living with metastatic breast cancer in the United States today.

“The medical and practical costs associated with the ongoing treatment required by many metastatic breast cancer patients present a significant financial challenge,” said CancerCare CEO Helen H. Miller, LCSW, ACSW. “I’m thrilled to announce our new program, which will provide treatment-related transportation grants to thousands of people living with metastatic breast cancer.”

To receive a “CancerCare Get You There” transportation grant, patients must meet certain eligibility criteria and complete an application form. To learn more about CancerCare’s financial assistance programs, visit www.cancercare.org/financial or call 800-813-HOPE (4673)."

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I am passing along this info in hopes it'll be a helpful resource for some people but have no personal experience with CancerCare. If anyone does contact these folks, perhaps they can share here about eligibility criteria, etc and verify that the program is still in operation.

Paula