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Each of the agencies provides services to individuals
in Marin and other Bay Area counties. Learn
more about the granting process.
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2011 Grant RecipientsTo Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's grant awards. The Foundation Grants Board, made up of local health leaders, community members, and members of the Foundation’s Board of Directors, awarded a total of $190,000 to 17 Bay Area nonprofit organizations in 2011, bringing the total granted since the organization’s inception to over $3.3 million. How To Apply For a Grant.
Alta Bates Summit Foundation To provide low-income women with breast health enrollment and case management services in Alameda County. Breast Cancer Connections To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation-Harbor Point Fund Provides high quality medical diagnostic and screening services to low income, uninsured women under age 40 in Marin County who are at risk for breast cancer. Breast
Cancer Emergency Fund Helps mitigate the emotional toll of unpaid bills by offering financial assistance to low income San Francisco and San Mateo patients in treatment. Ceres Community Project Sonoma County teens come together to prepare nourishing food for men and women with breast cancer and their family members. The project helps to educate clients and young people about cooking and eating for health. Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic Serves low-income women living with advanced breast cancer in the Bay area by providing treatment and emergency services. Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource Center Provides end of life support for Latinas with breast cancer in San Francisco County. Breast Cancer Care Fund Provides medical and psychosocial treatment needs of late stage, underserved Marin County cancer patients eligible to receive hospice and palliative care. Institute For Health & Healing Provides holistic care services such as therapeutic massage and other complementary therapies, to recently diagnosed breast cancer patients in Marin, to support them during treatment. Latina Breast Cancer Agency Assists uninsured, low-income Latinas living in San Francisco and San Mateo counties in accessing a culturally sensitive continuum of breast cancer prevention and treatment services. Breast Health Program Offers access to screening and diagnostics to at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in Alameda and San Francisco Counties. Marin Center for Independent Living Assists underserved women and men in Marin County diagnosed with breast cancer in acquiring and maintaining medical insurance, housing and financial stability during treatment and recovery. Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute Provides support groups for women in treatment for breast cancer; lymphedema prevention consultations for women and men at risk in the North Bay. Meals of Marin Prepares and delivers healthful, organic meals to breast cancer patients in treatment in Marin County. Santa Rosa Community Health Centers Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Uninsured Women To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation-Harbor Point Fund Provide breast cancer screening and diagnostic services to underserved women in Sonoma County. Shanti Provides transportation vouchers to and from treatment, and food vouchers for low-income and medically underserved San Franciscans with breast cancer. Sutter Pacific Women’s Health Center Integrative Health and Healing Services Provides free and low-fee complementary therapies and support groups for women in breast cancer treatment in Sonoma County. Women’s Cancer Resource Center Offers financial assistance to low income women being treated for beast cancer in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. |
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