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Founded in 1957, the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of California is the first and oldest, non-profit, social service sickle cell disease agency in the U.S. The MISSION of the SCDFC is to provide life- enhancing programs and services to individuals with sickle cell disease, to broaden public aware- ness about sickle cell disease and to promote medical research to find a cure. Currently approximately 250 million people worldwide carry the gene responsible for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other hemoglobin diseases. Each year about 300,000 infants are born with a major hemoglobin disease worldwide. In the US, 10% of the population is at risk for SCD. It is estimated that there are approx. 5,000 persons with sickle cell disease in Los Angeles.
Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area ensures that all people impacted by cancer are empowered by knowledge, strengthened by action, and sustained by community. Cancer Support Community provides comprehensive integrative care - including counseling, support groups, nutrition, exercise and patient education programs - for people with cancer and their families or caregivers. Our services enable cancer patients to partner with their treatment team to manage their treatment and recovery most effectively, increase their chances for survival, reduce their chances of recurrence, and provide for the highest possible quality of life.
The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic's mission is to support and empower low-income women with cancer by providing free access to compassionate, integrative care, including acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, guided imagery, movement, and nutritional advice. These evidence-based modalities offer relief from the side effects of cancer and its treatments, and contribute to increased rates of survival and quality of life. They are rarely covered by insurance and are too costly for women living in poverty. Since 1991, CMC has provided integrative cancer care and health education free of charge to thousands of underserved women with cancer. Our vision is that all low-income women with cancer achieve the highest attainable health during their cancer journey.
ZERO Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer and help all who are impacted. ZERO advances research, provides support, and creates solutions to achieve health equity to meet the most critical needs of our community.
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO CANCER VICTIMS. THIS SUPPORT IS PRIMARILY PROVIDED IN TWO WAYS: 1) DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL "GESTURES" TO ASSIST WITH THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND 2) OFFERING OF HEALTHY AND ACTIVE-LIVING ACTIVITIES (SURVIVE, THRIVE & BE FIT) TO ENCOURAGE PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS TO LIVE MORE FULLY FOLLOWING A CANCER DIAGNOSIS.
The mission of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Affiliated Corporations is to provide leadership in the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.
TO FUND RESEARCH, AND IMPROVE TREATMENTS FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN CANCERS. DESPITE BEING THE DEADLIEST FORM OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, MANY STANDARD TREATMENTS HAVE REMAINED UNCHANGED FOR DECADES. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN.
The mission of Cancer Support Services is to provide cancer patients support for their financial and emotional needs, including lodging and transport services, in order to facilitate their treatment and healing.
TO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH OF EFFECTIVE TREATMENT METHODS AND ULTIMATELY A CURE FOR MELANOMA
At Cancer Patient Lab, our mission is to help advanced cancer patients and their caregivers make complex testing and treatment decisions through education and the power of a diverse service provider network. We are patient-centered, data-driven, and supported by a dedicated community of patients, caregivers, doctors, scientists and bioinformaticians. Our goal is to empower and assist in navigating the challenging journey of cancer diagnosis and treatment, ensuring access to accurate information and helping patients shop for services that best meet their needs.
Christmas Without Cancer identifies need and then provides gifts and basic necessities to Chicagoland families with members stricken with cancer so to allow the beauty of Christmas to shine through while family members find comfort in their devotion to one another.
Our mission is to increase breast cancer awareness in YOUNG WOMEN and MEN through education, research, advocacy, and lobbying for legislation. We will provide funding to WOMEN and MEN with low-income, underinsured, and “non-qualifying” ages for diagnostic screenings/detection for breast cancer. We strive to empower, support, and provide resources to help YOUNG WOMEN and MEN get back into a healthy state of mind, body, and spirit. At PYNK ABOUT IT, our objective is to assist in the transformation of loving the new you.