ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM
Long Island, NY
Pink Aid's grant provides funds for bilingual counseling and patient navigation services for underserved breast cancer patients receiving care at several Long Island hospitals, as well as food cards and transportation assistance to breast cancer patients in need. Contact: Angela Papalia, LMSW, at 516 877-4329 or email apapalia@adelphi.edu.
BABYLON BREAST CANCER COALITION
Babylon Township, NY
Pink Aid's grant supports the BBCC's Lend a Helping Hand program, which provides financial assistance to underserved patients in Babylon Township, including housing, utilities, and transportation to and from treatment. Contact: Karen Kunkel at (631) 893-4110 or email:info@babylonbreastcancer.org
BREAST CANCER EMERGENCY AID FOUNDATION
Statewide, CT
The BCEAF pays household expenses such as utilities, mortgage and rent for financially insecure women undergoing breast cancer treatment. Contact: Shirley Freifeld at (203) 505-5796, or Email: email@bceaf.org
CONNECTICUT CANCER FOUNDATION
Based in New London, CT with Statewide Reach
Connecticut Cancer Foundation provides financial assistance to breast cancer patients during treatment. Pink Aid is funding their Grant Recipient Program, unlocking a match of an additional 100% in financial relief. Contact: Kathy Nugent, LCSW knugent@cancercare.org or (201) 301 6809
DANBURY HOSPITAL
Greater Danbury, CT
Pink Aid's grant will provide food and gas cards for breast cancer patients in need. Contact: Amy DePaola 203 739 7382 Email: amy.depaolo@wchn.org
COALITION FOR WOMEN'S CANCERS
East End of Long Island
In addition to providing assistance with essential household expenses such as utilities, transportation and food, Pink Aid funds will now support a bilingual navigator to help underserved breast cancer patients on the east end of Long Island. Contact: Susan Barry Roden at 631-726-6910 or email sroden@cwcshh.org.
GARDNER'S HOUSE
Serving Greater Hartford Area, CT
Pink Aid is helping to fund an Empowering Survivors advocate plus phone and advocacy support for survivors, and providing financial assistance for housing, transportation and emotional support for inner-city breast cancer patients. Contact: Maggie Gardner, Director (860) 206-7754. Email: gardnershouse@att.net
GREENWICH HOSPITAL
Serving Greenwich Area, CT
Greenwich Hospital will use Pink Aid's grant to provide underserved breast cancer patients with gift cards for recovery items, including lymphodema sleeves, wigs and skin cream for radiation burn.Contact: Kristine Capretti, Oncology Program Director, kristina.capretti@greenwichhospital.org
ISLIP BREAST CANCER COALITION
Islip, NY
Pink Aid's grant will pay for transportation expenses to treatment and provide financial assistance to underserved, local breast cancer patients for essential household expenses and recovery items such as wigs, lymphedema sleeves and prostheses. Contact: Georgie Crowley at (631) 582-3134 or email info@islipbreastcancer.com.
LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
Eastern Long Island, NY
Pink Aid's grant supports the hospital's survivorship program, assisting a large, underserved population on Long Island's east end with household expenses such as utilities, grocery cards, and transportation to and from treatment. Contact: Merilyn Konnerth, Breast Cancer Survivorship Coalition Coordinator at (631) 654-7377 or Email: mkonnerth@licommunityhospital.org
LUCIA'S ANGELS
Long Island, NY
Created in memory of a breast cancer patient whose dying wish was to help other women receive the support she had, Lucia's Angels helps Long Island women in the final stages of breast cancer. Pink Aid's grant provides non-medical financial assistance to stage 4 breast cancer patients and their families. Contact: Stacy Quarty at 631-204-9331 or email stacy@luciasangels.org.
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
Long Island, NY
MSK's Food to Overcome Disparities Program (FOOD) is a hospital-based pantry program that addresses food insecurity among cancer patients in treatment. Pink Aid's grant will help underserved breast cancer patients at MSK's two Long Island FOOD pantries. Contact: Gabrielle Watson at (646) 227-2115 or Email: watsong@mskcc.org
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL
Middletown, serving Middlesex County CT
Pink Aid is helping fund their Dignity in Details initiative, funding head coverings and providing financial assistance. Contact: Amber Kapoor, (860)-358-2023 or Email: amber.kapoor@midhosp.org
NORMA PFRIEM BREAST CENTER
Greater Bridgeport, CT
Through Norma Pfriem Pink Aid funds many screening and wellness initiatives as well as transportation to and from hospital appointments to financially insecure breast cancer patients. Contact: Donna Twist at (203) 255-5300 or Email: Donna.Twist@bpthosp.org.
NORTHWELL HEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE PINK AID BREAST CANCER HARDSHIP FUND
Long Island, NY
Pink Aid funds Northwell's Pink Aid Breast Cancer Hardship Fund, which provides non-medical financial assistance to underserved Long Island breast cancer patients while undergoing treatment or post-operative care. Contact: Benjamin Maltz at (516) 321-6266 or Email: bmaltz@northwell.edu
PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER
Eastern Long Island, NY
Pink Aid is funding the Pink Aid Hardship Fund, which provides financial assistance including food and gas cards to breast cancer patients in need on Long Island's east end. In 2022, Pink Aid funds will support a new position - the Pink Aid Support Groups Coordinator, charged with facilitating two existing support groups for underserved women; one for metastatic patients and the Pink Aid Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patient Support Group. Contact: Maureen O’Connor at 631-548-6320 ext 1400 or Email: moconnor10@northwell.edu
PINK AID'S PINK POSSE
Through out CT & Long Island
Pink Aid's Pink Posse is a group of warriors & friends that hand-deliver compassionate bags filled with household needs and food cards to breast cancer patients in their toughest time of need. Contact Cari Kaplan: carik@pinkaid.org
PINK AID'S PINK POSSE
National
If you are currently in treatment for breast cancer and are unable to pay essential household expenses, such as rent or utility bills. Apply to Pink Aid’s Pink Purse at pinkaid.org or call 1-844-PinkAid.
SAIL’S UP
New London, CT
New to Pink Aid this year, Pink Aid’s grant will provide financial assistance in the form of food cards to patients in need.
ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL
Waterbury, serving New Haven County, CT
Pink Aid’s grant will fund the Saint Mary’s Pink Aid Transportation Fund to provide transportation to and from treatment for patients in St. Mary’s large geography of communities. Contact: Robin Sills, RN, BS Email: robin.sills@stmh.org
STONY BROOK FOUNDATION
Eastern Long Island, NY
Pink Aid is funding a pilot program that will provide round trip transportation, utilizing an UBER health app, to Stony Brook Mobile Mammography sites on Long Island's east end for uninsured/underinsured Suffolk County patients being screened for breast cancer. Contact: Patrick J. Dineen, MD, MBA, Program Coordinator, Mobile Mammography, (631) 638-4134 or Email: Patrick.Dineen@stonybrookmedicine.edu
WEST ISLIP BREAST CANCER COALITION
Long Island, NY
Pink Aid's grant will support WIBCC's Lend A Helping Hand program, which offers wigs, prostheses and post-op garments, transportation, childcare, food, house cleaning and financial assistance to Long Island women in need. Contact: Dawn Dahill at 631-669-7770 or email info@wibcc.org