Ann’s Place ♥
Danbury, CT —
Pink Aid funds a bilingual social worker to conduct outreach and education to underserved communities for their breast cancer patients. Ann’s Place also offers wellness programs including acupuncture, nutrition counseling and massage as well as group and family therapy for emotional support. Contact: Su Murdock at (203) 790 6368 or Email: su@annsplace.org
American Cancer Society Inc.
National/Connecticut Chapter —
American Cancer Society provides free wigs and other services through the Look Good Feel Better program. Contact Patricia Allen Email: patti.allen@cancer.org
Greenwich Hospital Yale New Haven Health ♥
Greenwich Area —
Greenwich Hospital will use Pink Aid’s grant to provide underserved breast cancer patients with gift cards for recovery items, including lymphedema sleeves, wigs and skin creams for radiation burns. Kristine Capretti, Oncology Program Director, kristina.capretti@greenwichhospital.org
Middlesex Hospital ♥
Middletown, CT —
Pink Aid funds head coverings through the Dignity in Details initiative. Contact: Amber Kapoor, (860)-358-2023 or Email: amber.kapoor@midhosp.org
Necessities ♥
Statewide — Survivor Maureen Lutz makes patented bags for mastectomy patients and delivers them to hospitals across Connecticut, with all the “necessities” one wouldn’t normally think of including hand-sewn pillows to ease pressure under the arms. Contact: Maureen Lutz at (203) 561-6038, or Email: maureen@necessitiesbag.org
Norma Pfriem Breast Center at Bridgeport Hospital ♥
Bridgeport, CT —
Norma Pfriem offers a comprehensive array of wellness services, including acupuncture, reiki, massage as well as individual and group counseling services to underserved breast cancer patients. Pink Aid supports Norwalk Hospital’s Cold Cap Therapy for Taxane chemotherapy program, a treatment to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Contact: Donna Twist at (203) 255-5300 or Email: Donna.Twist@bpthosp.org
Norwalk Hospital ♥
Greater Norwalk CT Area — Pink Aid is continuing to support Norwalk Hospital’s Cold Therapy for Taxane Chemotherapy Program, a
treatment to help prevent hair loss during chemotherapy. Contact: Linda Versea (203) 855 3517 or Email: linda.versea@wchn.org
The Pink Chair Project ♥
Fairfield, Litchfield and lower New Haven Counties — The Pink Chair Project delivers reclining chairs to patients’ homes to make breast cancer patients more comfortable during treatment. Contact Cara Spath at (203) 592-1287 pinkchairproject@gmail.com
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center ♥
Serving Greater Hartford, CT —
Pink Aid’s grant is helping to fund the hospital’s Integrative Medicine Therapies program. Contact: Sharon O’Brien (860) 714 7451 or Email: sobrien@stfranciscare.org
Stamford Health ♥
Stamford, CT — Supporting the Breast Cancer Grant Program, Pink Aid funds the purchase of durable goods for women in need. Contact: Maria Uva (203) 667 0931 or Email: muva@stamhealth.org
Yale-New Haven Hospital ♥
New Haven, CT — Yale New Haven Hospital continues its Pink Aid Compassionate Care Program for Breast Cancer Patients at the Cingari Family Boutique at the Smilow Cancer Hospital, which provides wigs, prosthesis, lymphedema sleeves and other recovery necessities and food cards. Contact: Linda Penn (203) 200-1330
♥ = Pink Aid 2020 Grant Recipient
