Seven non-profit agencies in Marin County have been awarded grants by the To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization whose goal is to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone.
The foundation has announced the recipients of their 2012 grant awards to be distributed among 19 Bay Area nonprofit organizations totaling $237,513.
The grants will be given to nonprofits which help women and men with breast health issues by providing financial support for the underserved, for early detection screening and diagnostics, and for emotional support programs, and education. For more information call (415) 455-5882 or visit www.tocelebratelife.org
“We are extremely grateful to our many sponsors, donors and countless volunteers who help make these grants possible,” said Jane Pallas, Board President. “These grants will help fund programs all over the Bay Area and will offer much needed services for anyone who has breast health issues.”
The 2012 Grant Recipients reflect the diversity of services and communities To Celebrate Life seeks to support. Grant recipients are located all over the greater Bay Area and cover services from early detection to hospice care.
2012 Grant Recipients and the areas they service:
Adopt A Family of Marin - Marin County
Adopt A Family Breast Cancer Assistance Project
Alta Bates Summit Foundation – Alameda County
Breast Health Case Management Services for the Uninsured
Breast Cancer Connections – Santa Clara County
Gabriella Patser Program
Breast Cancer Emergency Fund - San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
Emergency Financial Assistance
Ceres Community Project – Marin County
Healing Meals for Healthy Communities – Breast Cancer Support
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic – Greater Bay Area
Funding for Unmet Basic Needs of Low-Income Women with Advanced Breast Cancer
Circulo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource Center - San Francisco County
Women’s Support Program
HERS Breast Cancer Foundation – Greater Bay Area
We Support YOU Survive
Hospice By The Bay – Marin County
Breast Cancer Care Fund
Institute for Health & Healing – Marin County
Holistic Support for Breast Cancer Patients
La Clinica de La Raza, Inc. – Alameda and Contra Costa County
The Spanish Speaking Women’s Cancer Initiative, a project of the Latino Cancer Collaborative of Contra Costa
Lyon-Martin Health Services - San Francisco County
Breast Health Program
Marin Center for Independent Living – Marin County
Breast Cancer Benefits and Advocacy Project
Marin General Hospital Foundation – Marin County
Breast Ultrasound/Core Biopsy Fund for Uninsured Women
Meals of Marin – Marin County
Food Project for Patients Battling Breast Cancer
San Francisco General Hospital Foundation - San Francisco County
Bayview Breast Health Project
Shanti - San Francisco County
Shanti’s Breast Cancer Program
Sutter Pacific Women’s Health Center – Sonoma County
Resource Navigation to Latina Women
Women’s Cancer Resource Center – Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
East Bay Breast Cancer Emergency Fund
Grant funds were generated from three major events in 2011: Rally for Health & Hope, Tee It Up To Celebrate Life and Stepping Out To Celebrate Life, in addition to donations from sponsors and community members. Major donors include Harbor Point Charitable Foundation, Brayton Purcell, Kaiser Permanente, Marin Specialty Care, Frank and Lois Noonan, Price Family Dealerships, Wareham Development, and Wells Fargo.
To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation is a volunteer-based organization whose mission is to raise funds and grant financial assistance to nonprofit organizations that provide services and support to people living with breast cancer. Since its inception in 1996, the Foundation has raised and distributed over $3.5 million to Bay Area non-profits that help people who are dealing with breast cancer or who have breast health concerns. For more information, (415) 455-5882 or www.tocelebratelife.org
