TREATMENT, RECOVERY & WELLNESS SUPPORT
Access to Services and Goods to Help Your Recovery
Many of Pink Aid’s grant partners offer free access to wigs, cold cap therapy, recovery garments, lymphedema sleeves and other items essential to recovery (even reclining chairs!) We also fund wellness programs for women in treatment, including acupuncture, nutritional counseling and emotional support groups.
CHARLOTTE HUNGERFORD HOSPITAL
Torrington, CT — Pink Aid's grant supports the CHH Pink Rose Fund, providing financial assistance to women unable to afford the out of pocket expense of screening and diagnostic breast cancer early detection imaging services.
ADELPHI NY STATEWIDE BREAST CANCER HOTLINE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM
Long Island, NY — Pink Aid's grant provides funds for bilingual social work and patient navigation services for patients receiving care at several Long Island hospitals.
ANN’S PLACE
Danbury, CT —serving Fairfield, New Haven & Litchfield Counties
Pink Aid funds support client services and support groups, culturally appropriate wigs and counseling sessions with master level clinicians, and in-person satellite clinical and wellness programs beyond the Greater Danbury area.
BREAST CANCER RECONSTRUCTION.ORG
Long Island —Pink Aid's grant will establish a Nipple Areola Tattoo Access Fund for patients otherwise denied the ability to receive this physically and emotionally restorative procedure due to lack of insurance coverage or out of pocket costs.
COALITIONS FOR WOMEN’S CANCER
Based at Southampton Hospital —Pink Aid funds support a bilingual navigator to help underserved breast cancer patients on the east end of Long Island.
DANBURY HOSPITAL
Danbury, CT — Pink Aid is supporting post-mastectomy and lymphedema garments for breast cancer patients in need.
GREENWICH HOSPITAL
Greenwich, CT — Pink Aid is helping assist underserved breast cancer patients in obtaining such items as wigs, caps, turbans, skin care products, lymphedema sleeves and more that greatly complement cancer treatment.
HEALING MEALS
Greater Hartford Area, CT — This grant will support their "Healthy Meals" program which provides fresh, healthy, organic, and nourishing meals to low income breast cancer patients and their families. Meals are delivered to patients' homes by volunteers, along with a handwritten supportive note.
HEALING THERAPIES THROUGH SHARING
Waterford, CT — Pink Aid funds will be used to offset the costs of supportive oncology services, including bodywork modalities and mindfulness practices for breast cancer patients.
LATINA SISTERS SUPPORT INC.
Eastern Long Island — This bilingual grass-roots coalition provide navigation services to underserved local breast cancer patients.
MANDELL JCC
West Hartford, CT — Pink Aid funding will provide approximately 10-24 CT breast cancer patients with integrative medicine, such as massage, acupuncture and sound therapy.
MONDAYS AT RACINE
Sayville, NY — Free integrative beauty and wellness services for underserved breast cancer patients in need. Two dedicated Pink Aid pop up events for 60 patients in disadvantaged communities; charter events to serve 45 underserved patients
NORMA PFRIEM BREAST CENTER
Greater Bridgeport, CT — Pink Aid's grant will fund cold cap therapy during chemotherapy, and individual and group counseling, in person and via telehealth for under-served breast cancer patients.
NORWALK HOSPITAL
Greater Norwalk, CT — Pink Aid is continuing to support the cold cap therapy for Taxane Chemotherapy program to help prevent hair loss during chemotherapy as well as an integrative medicine program
NORTHWELL FAMILY HEALTH CENTER
Huntington, NY — Pink Aid's grant supports a breast cancer navigator for underserved patients.
PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER
Eastern Long Island, NY — Pink Aid is funding the Pink Aid Hardship Fund which provides financial assistance and supports the Pink Aid Support Groups Coordinator, charged with facilitating two support groups for underserved women; one for metastatic patients and the Pink Aid Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patient Support Group.
PINK AID’S “PINK POSSE” BAGS OF COMPASSION
Throughout 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.
PINK AID’S WARRIOR CONNECTION
National — Our Warrior Connection Educational Series continues to provide a forum for Warriors to gather and connect with one another. Breast cancer survivors and supporters can stay up to date on current topics, newest developments in breast health and find a community of support. The program is free of charge and open to the public.
ST. VINCENT’S MEDICAL CENTER
Greater Bridgeport, CT — Through a 13-year partnership with St. Vincent's, Pink Aid is
funding cold cap therapy to prevent hair loss for underserved breast cancer patients.
STRENGTH FOR LIFE
Long Island, NY — Pink Aid will fund 2 weekend wellness retreats serving 40 underserved breast cancer patients; weekly exercise classes for 10 underserved breast cancer patients.
SUPPORT CONNECTION
Statewide in CT & Nationally — Through a grant partnership with Pink Aid, Support Connection provides a peer hotline. Their team of survivor/peer counselors provides emotional support, navigational help and weekly exercise classes.
THE PINK CHAIR PROJECT
Fairfield, Southern New Haven & Litchfield Counties, CT and Westchester County, NY — Pink Aid's funds will be used to cover costs of storage and delivery of motorized reclining chairs that provide much needed comfort for breast cancer patients going through treatment.
THRIVE CT
Trumbull CT, Serving Fairfield County — Thrive, the brainchild of oncologist Dr. Neil Fischbach, is a new wellness community center, created to house exercise, nutrition and other programs to support cancer patients. Pink Aid's grant will provide funding for Breast cancer related support groups.
YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL
Greater New Haven, CT — Yale New Haven continues its Pink Aid Compassionate Care program at Smilow Cancer Hospital, which funds mastectomy bra products, lymphedema garments, wigs and head coverings, nutrition and sexual wellbeing products.
WORLD OF PINK
Eastern Long Island, NY— Virtual fitting program for underserved post-mastectomy patients to access prosthetics, post-operatve bras and lymphedema sleeves remotely, overcoming geographic barriers.