Breast Cancer Connections
The Gabriella Patser Program
(formerly Community Breast Health Project)
Provides breast cancer screening and detection for low-income, uninsured women in the Bay Area under 40, who have a significant family history or present with a suspicious breast health issue. The program primarily serves women in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.
Breast
Cancer Emergency Fund
Provides emergency financial assistance to low-income San Franciscans suffering with breast cancer to cover basic human needs including housing, utilities and medical expenses, thereby, lessening their financial burden.
Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities (BHAWD) at Alta Bates Hospital
Provides free clinical breast exams, self-breast exam education and training, and mammogram referral when needed, education and training for women with disabilities. All services are provided by a specially trained breast health nurse in an accessible exam room and on a universal accessible exam table. Translation services are available.
Canyon Ranch
Thriving After Breast Cancer
This is a thoughtful group experience fostering healing, hope and vitality. Led by caring medical professionals at renowned Canyon Ranch in Lenox, MA, this is a powerful program for women who are living, loving and still laughing. Hear the latest, most effective techniques for thriving with the help of medical options, lifestyle choices, stress reduction, nutrition, exercise and more.
Casting
for Recovery
Healing Retreat
Provides women whose lives have been profoundly affected by breast cancer with the opportunity to experience physical, emotional and spiritual healing through a fly-fishing retreat. The retreat is open to women living in the Bay Area.
The Ceres Community Project
Youth Nourishing Life One Meal at a Time
Provides nurturing and nourishment for families facing health challenges in Sonoma County through an innovative community project that teaches students to prepare food and gain confidence as they help families to receive healthy sustenance.
Charlotte
Maxwell Complementary Clinic
Integrative Support for Low-income Women
with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Provides integrative services, including physical, emotional, nutritional and spiritual suport for low-income women with metastatic breast cancer. The two clinics (Oakland and San Francisco) provide services to women throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Circulo de Vida
Women’s Support Program
Improves the quality of life for San Francisco Latinas living with breast cancer, and their families. Grant funds will provide support, translation and advocacy services to newly diagnosed Latinas.
Coastal
Health Alliance
Comprehensive Breast Health Care Access
Offers medically underserved women in western Marin and Sonoma counties access to a comprehensive breast health program that provides education, assistance in accessing mammograms, transportation, support groups and outreach.
Community
Action Marin
Marin Asian Advocacy Project Breast Cancer Awareness Program
Provides breast cancer education, translation, referrals and support services to primarily low-income immigrants from Southeast Asia, China, Korea and the former Russian
Republics.
Community Health Clinic Ole
Breast Cancer Referral Services
Provides outside referral services in Napa County, to low-income, uninsured patients whose initial breast exams or mammograms indicate the need for further screenings
Hospice
by the Bay
To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation Fund for Supplementary & Complementary Care and Open Access Initiative
Provides additional support services, including physical and emotional care, to end-stage breast cancer patients and their families.
Institute for Health & Healing
Guided Imagery & Therapeutic Massage
Provides an integrative approach that is holistic and comprehensive, enabling those living with breast cancer to reduce treatment-related side effects, minimize stress and enhance their immune system functions.
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Kaiser Permanente
Member’s only website with health information and
breast cancer discussion groups.
Latina
Breast Cancer Agency
Mujeres Cuidando Mujeres/Women Caring for Women
Provides on-going breast health education and free screening services to low-income Latina women with little or no insurance living in San Mateo. Also assists Latinas over 40 to enroll in Every Woman Counts Cancer Detection program.
Marin
Center for Independent
Living
Breast Cancer Benefits and Advocacy Counseling
Enables underinsured, low income Marin residents diagnosed with breast cancer to take advantage of counseling, advocacy and case management, utilizing a uniform intake and tracking system among several Marin agencies that share information and referrals.
Marin
Community Clinics
Breast Health Program
Provides funds for breast cancer preventive care and education for all adult female patients during at least one medical visit per year.
Marin County Breast Cancer
Part of the Health and Human Services Epidemiology Program.
Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute
Breast Cancer Resource & Recovery Program
Provides services that are coordinated through the Marin Cancer Institute and the Breast Diagnostic and Imaging Center. The organization’s work encompasses prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and recovery from breast cancer.
Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute
To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation-Harbor Point Fund
Provides funds for breast cancer diagnostic screening including mammography and
ultrasound for patients in Marin County.
Meals
of Marin
Food Project for Patients Battling Breast Cancer
Prepares and delivers meals to patients and families battling breast cancer in Marin County.
National
Cancer Institute
Breast cancer information from the National Cancer Institute, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
Santa
Rosa Memorial Hospital Cancer
Library
Healing Through Painting Breast Cancer Support Group
Provides support groups that utilize art as a creative
expression for healing from breast cancer.
Shanti
Lifelines Breast Cancer Program
Delivers practical assistance and emotional support to women and men with breast cancer in San Francisco including financial assistance, meals, transportation, wellness
workshops and more.
Southwest Community Health Center
Breast Health Support and Diagnostics for Unfunded Patients
Provides diagnostics for women under 40 with initial findings requiring diagnostic mammograms, sonograms and ultrasounds and who do not qualify for the State Cancer Detection Program
Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Inc.
Vida Con Esperanza Latina Breast Cancer Support Group
Provides psychosocial support services for Spanish-speaking women with breast cancer in Southern Alameda County. Vida Con Esperanza (Life with Hope) is a space where Latinas find culturally appropriate and linguistically sensitive breast cancer support services.
Women’s Cancer Resource Center
East Bay Breast Cancer Emergency Fund
Provides financial assistance to low income women with breast cancer who are currently in treatment and live in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Zero
Breast Cancer (formerly Marin Breast Cancer Watch)
Adolescent Breast Cancer Prevention Education Project
Educates adolescents about breast cancer risk factors. The project further developed the Breast Cancer and Environment Peer Education Tool Kit which is available on the organizations website and is promoted to schools and health educators in Marin, San Francisco and Alameda counties.
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