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We enrich the lives of those affected by breast cancer in many ways:
The grantee organizations provide breast cancer screening, education and/or critically needed support services to individuals and their families living with breast cancer. Services supported by To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation’s 2006 grant funds include:
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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2008 Grant Recipients
Breast Cancer Connections 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 Helps low-income San Francisco County residents struggling with breast cancer or its difficult treatment regimens by lightening the financial burden and emotional toll of unpaid bills. Casting
for Recovery 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Provides additional support services, including physical and emotional care, to end-stage breast cancer patients and their families. Institute for Health and Healing 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. Latina Breast Cancer Agency 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 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 Provides funds for breast cancer preventive care and education for all adult female patients during at least one medical visit per year. Marin
General Hospital - Marin Cancer Institute 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 Provides funds for breast cancer diagnostic screening including mammography and ultrasound for patients in Marin County. Meals of Marin Prepares and delivers meals to patients and families battling breast cancer in Marin County. Shanti 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 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. 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 Provides financial assistance to low income women with breast cancer who are currently in treatment and live in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. |
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To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased
to announce the recipients of this year's grant awards.
The To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation Grants Committee, made up of community
health leaders, community members and members of To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation’s Board of Directors, awarded a total of $366,500 to twenty-one
Bay Area nonprofit organizations in 2008, bringing the total amount of money granted since the organization’s inception to over $2.3 million. 