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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.

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.

This summer, 187 students in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut received backpacks full of new school supplies for the start of the academic year as part of CancerCare for Kids’ Back-to-School Program.

Families who have recently lost a loved one to cancer came together at Memorytown USA in Mount Pocono, PA for CancerCare’s 15th annual free Healing Hearts Family Bereavement Camp from June 7-9, 2024.

As part of our 80th-anniversary celebration this year, we’re speaking with CancerCare staff to discuss their history with the organization, how it’s changed and how working here has impacted them.

As part of our 80th-anniversary celebration this year, we’re speaking with CancerCare staff to discuss their history with the organization, how it’s changed and how working here has impacted them.

CancerCare, in partnership with Eisai, brought over 130 clients affected by cancer together in New Jersey for a festive holiday party in December.

Now in its fourth year, CancerCare’s Share the Warmth program provided new, warm coats to 75 individuals aged 50+ who are in active treatment for cancer in December.

In a recent article in The New York Times, the ongoing chemotherapy drug shortage many cancer patients and their loved ones have faced over the last year was brought into focus. The piece highlights a growing crisis in the generic drug industry and features insights from Danielle Saff, LCSW, an oncology social worker and the Older Adult Program Manager/Clinical Supervisor with CancerCare.