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All year long, CancerCare has been here for those navigating the challenges of a cancer diagnosis, offering compassion and support. As we look back, here are a few meaningful highlights from 2025.

On November 16, the Long Island community participated in a family-friendly 5K walk at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course, in Woodbury, NY, to honor their loved ones and raise funds to support CancerCare.

Throughout the year, CancerCare hosts free wig clinics in partnership with trusted hospitals, including St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in New Jersey and the Cancer Institute at St. Francis Hospital on Long Island.

This year, 120 children from 51 families across the tri-state area received brand new backpacks filled with essential school supplies to help them start the school year with confidence and excitement.

CancerCare was honored to participate in the “Two Words” clinical trial awareness event, held at Grand Central

From May 30 to June 1, 2025, CancerCare’s 16th Annual Healing Hearts Family Bereavement Camp welcomed families who have recently lost a loved one to cancer to Memorytown USA in Mount Pocono, PA. 17 families and 27 children aged 4-15 attended from states including New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Washington.

If you have been diagnosed with cancer, are a caregiver or have lost a loved one, you have likely faced unique challenges along the way. In our 80th anniversary year, we were proud to meet the needs of anyone affected by cancer through our emotional, practical and financial assistance programs and patient advocacy efforts.

Effective in 2025, Medicare beneficiaries with traditional Medicare who have a stand-alone Part D Prescription Drug Plan AND Medicare beneficiaries with a Medicare Advantage Plan that includes Part D prescription drug coverage (sometimes called Part C) have a new option to pay their out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses in monthly payments instead of paying them at the pharmacy.

On November 17, over 200 people participated in a family-friendly 5K walk at the Town of Oyster Bay Golf Course, in Woodbury, NY, to honor their loved ones and raise funds to support CancerCare.

Through a new partnership with Christine Valmy, a beauty and skin care school, CancerCare has offered a series of skin care workshops led by oncology-trained estheticians for people diagnosed with cancer. The workshops, held in New York City in June, and in New Jersey in November, made it clear that this is an area of support missing for patients.