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Free live small-group virtual exercise classes led by certified Cancer Exercise Specialists, for women with any cancer including metastatic disease.
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4th Angel Mentoring Program
Nationwide
Free one-on-one phone mentoring that pairs patients and caregivers with trained volunteers who have been there.
Peer SupportEmotional Support
ACS Cancer Action Network
Nationwide
The American Cancer Society's advocacy affiliate, fighting for laws and policies that help cancer patients and families.
PolicyAdvocacy
Action to Cure Kidney Cancer
Nationwide
Provides education, community support, and research funding for kidney cancer.
EducationCommunity SupportResearch
Aim at Melanoma Foundation
Nationwide
Provides patient education, support resources, and melanoma research support.
EducationSupport ResourcesResearch
Air Care Alliance
Nationwide
A central listing of free volunteer air transport groups serving patients nationwide.
Transportation
Air Charity Network
Nationwide
Volunteer pilots providing free air transportation to distant medical care.
Transportation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
Nationwide
Provides travel funding, family support programs, research funding, and clinical trial support for childhood cancer families.
Travel FundingFamily SupportResearch+1
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Summer Camps
Nationwide
A nationwide directory of summer camps for children with cancer and their families, maintained by Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.
Camps
AliveAndKickn
Nationwide
Advocacy and education for families affected by Lynch syndrome and hereditary colorectal cancer.
AwarenessHereditary Testing
American Academy of Dermatology
Nationwide
Provides free skin cancer screenings, education, and access to dermatology specialists.
ScreeningsPhysician NetworkEducation
American Academy of Oral Medicine
Nationwide
Provides specialist access and oral medicine expertise.
Specialist DirectoryClinical Expertise
American Association for Cancer Research
Nationwide
The world's largest professional organization dedicated to preventing and curing cancer through research.
EducationResearch
American Brain Tumor Association
Nationwide
Provides care consultants, support groups, education, and patient and caregiver resources nationwide.
HelplineCare ConsultantsSupport Groups+2
American Cancer Society
Nationwide
Provides helpline support, rides to treatment, Hope Lodge lodging, support groups, education, financial guidance, survivorship resources, and advocacy for all cancers.
HelplineRides To TreatmentLodging+12
American Cancer Society tlc
Nationwide
The ACS catalog of low-cost wigs, hats, and mastectomy products designed for people in treatment.
Products
American Cancer Society, Connecticut
Connecticut
The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. And best of all, our help is free. Find programs and services in Connecticut.
EducationEmotionalAdvocacy+2
American Childhood Cancer Organization
Nationwide
Provides family support resources, education, and advocacy for childhood cancer.
Family SupportEducationAdvocacy+2
American Head and Neck Society
Nationwide
Provides treatment standards and a physician network for expert head and neck cancer care.
Specialist DirectoryTreatment StandardsPhysician Network
American Institute for Cancer Research
Nationwide
Research and education on how diet, weight, and activity affect cancer risk and survivorship.
EducationNutritionAdvocacy+3
American Liver Foundation
Nationwide
Provides liver-related support, education, helpline access, and navigation resources.
Patient SupportEducationHelpline+4
American Lung Association
Nationwide
Provides education, Better Breathers support groups, prevention resources, and screening awareness.
Support GroupsEducationPrevention+2
American Sexual Health Association
Nationwide
Provides HPV education, prevention information, screening guidance, and cervical cancer-related resources.
HPV EducationPreventionScreening Guidance+1
American Thyroid Association
Nationwide
Provides patient education, expert resources, and access to thyroid specialists.
Clinical GuidelinesExpert ResourcesPhysician Network+1
Amy's Angels
Weatogue, Connecticut
Amy's Angels is a grassroots organization that provides comprehensive short and long term assistance to individuals and their families dealing with the debilitating effects of serious illness or injury including cancer. The organization was established in 2014 in loving memory of Amy Bochman, a mother who lost her battle with breast cancer.
FinancialEmotionalProducts
Angela Marotta Inho Foundation
Hartford, Connecticut
The Angela Marotta Inho Foundation raises awareness about lung cancer and funds research through their annual Ang's Warrior Walk and educational resources. The organization provides information about signs, symptoms, risk factors, and screenings while supporting lung cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
ResearchEducationFundraisers+1
Ann's Place
Danbury, Connecticut
Ann's Place provides comfort, support, and resources to people living with cancer and their loved ones through professional counseling, support groups, wellness activities, and educational resources. The organization serves Connecticut and Hudson Valley New York.
EmotionalEducationPhysical
Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation
Nationwide
Provides education, support, community, and conferences for rare blood cancers and disorders.
EducationSupportPatient Conferences+2
Are You Dense
Woodbury, Connecticut
Are You Dense supports breast cancer patients and women at risk by advocating for breast density disclosure laws and providing education about dense breast tissue. The organization works to ensure women receive crucial information about their breast density during mammography screenings.
AdvocacyEducationPrevention & Screening
Backus Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group
Norwich, Connecticut
Backus Hospital is part of the Hartford HealthCare system and provides comprehensive medical services including a Cancer Institute. The hospital offers prostate cancer support groups that meet monthly to help patients and caregivers connect with others who have been impacted by prostate cancer.
EmotionalPhysicalEducation
Basser Center for BRCA
Nationwide
The first center devoted to BRCA-related cancers, with research, education, and patient resources.
EducationHereditary Testing
Be The Match
Nationwide
Provides marrow donor registry services, patient navigation, and financial grants for transplant patients.
Donor RegistryFinancial GrantsPatient Navigation+1
Beacon of Change Foundation
Connecticut
Beacon of Change Foundation supports cancer patients and their families facing significant challenges through advocacy, research, and support initiatives. The organization contributes to cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and provides financial assistance to cancer patients throughout Connecticut.
FinancialResearchAdvocacy+1
Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation
Nationwide
Over 900,000 overnight accommodations provided to families of critically ill children from every state. Hospital housing near Johns Hopkins continues through an interim Residence Inn partnership while a new facility is built, alongside free respite houses in Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina.
Family SupportHousing
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Nationwide
Provides nationwide support groups, survivor matching, a bladder cancer helpline, education, webinars, research funding, and advocacy.
Support GroupsSurvivor MatchingHelpline+4
Blood Cancer United (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)
Nationwide
Provides financial assistance, patient navigation, support groups, education, and clinical trial navigation across blood cancers.
Financial AssistancePatient NavigationSupport Groups+10
Blood Cancer United, Connecticut Chapter
Stamford, Connecticut
Blood Cancer United (formerly the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society) funds blood cancer research and provides free information and support services for patients and families. The Connecticut, Albany & Eastern New York chapter serves CT residents from its Stamford office.
ResearchEducationEmotional+2
Blue Faery
Nationwide
Provides liver cancer support, education, awareness, and outreach.
Patient SupportEducationAwareness+1
Brain Tumor Network
Nationwide
Offers personalized navigation, support, and resources for brain tumor patients.
NavigationSupport ServicesResources
Breast Cancer Alliance
Greenwich, Connecticut
Breast Cancer Alliance is a private breast cancer foundation that makes a national impact through major investments in early-stage research, fellowships, education and support. The organization has awarded over $37 million towards research, fellowships, education and support, providing funding for new talent working on breakthrough research towards better outcomes for patients.
ResearchFoundationsEducation+1
Breast Cancer Network of Strength, Connecticut
Branford, Connecticut
Breast Cancer Network of Strength Connecticut, formerly Y-ME New England, provides breast cancer support services and operates the YourShoes 24/7 Breast Cancer Support Center. The organization hosts the annual Walk to Empower fundraising event and offers peer support to anyone affected by breast cancer.
EmotionalEducationFundraisers
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Nationwide
Funds major breast cancer research and scientific breakthroughs.
ResearchInnovationEducation
Camp Mak-A-Dream
Nationwide
Free, medically supervised Montana camp programs for children, teens, and adults affected by cancer.
Community ProgramsCamps
Camp Quality USA
Nationwide
Free summer camps and year-round programs for children with cancer and their families.
Camps
Camp Rising Sun
Colebrook, Connecticut
A free overnight camp for children ages 5 to 17 who have faced a cancer diagnosis and their siblings, with a 24 hour health center on site.
Camps
Camp Sunshine
Nationwide
Year round retreats in Casco, Maine for children with life threatening illnesses and their entire families, serving families from all 50 states free of charge.
CampsFamily Support
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
Nationwide
A coalition database that matches patients to financial assistance programs by diagnosis and zip code.
Financial Assistance
Cancer for College
Nationwide
College scholarships for cancer survivors and patients pursuing higher education.
Scholarships
Cancer Hope Network
Nationwide
One-on-one peer support matching patients and caregivers with trained survivor volunteers.
Peer SupportEmotional Support
Cancer Research Institute
Nationwide
The pioneer of cancer immunotherapy research, funding science that harnesses the immune system.
EducationResearch
Cancer Support Community
Nationwide
Provides free emotional and practical support, helpline access, virtual and in-person support groups, education, survivorship programs, and advocacy.
Emotional SupportPractical SupportHelpline+5
Cancer Survivors' Fund
Nationwide
Scholarships and prosthetic assistance to help young cancer survivors get on with their future plans.
Scholarships
CancerCare
Nationwide
Offers free counseling, support groups, educational workshops, limited financial assistance, and navigation support for all cancer types.
CounselingSupport GroupsEducational Workshops+6
Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Farmington, Connecticut
The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center provides comprehensive cancer treatment and care services to patients and their families. The center offers advanced cancer treatments including specialized radiation oncology systems and works collaboratively with patients to fight cancer.
PhysicalResearchEducation
Case for Smiles
Nationwide
Cheerful handmade pillowcases that brighten hospital rooms for kids in treatment.
Products
Casting for Recovery
Nationwide
Free fly-fishing retreats that combine healing, support, and the outdoors for women with breast cancer.
Community ProgramsExperiences
CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
Nationwide
The CDC's national programs for cancer prevention, screening access, and survivorship.
ScreeningEducationPrevention
CERN Foundation
Nationwide
Focus on ependymoma and other gliomas through education and research.
EducationResearchResources
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital Cancer Support
Torrington, Connecticut
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is part of Hartford HealthCare and provides comprehensive cancer care services through their Center for Cancer Care. The hospital offers cancer patient support groups and various cancer-related services to help patients and their families navigate their cancer journey.
PhysicalEmotionalEducation
Childhood Cancer Alliance of Connecticut
Hartford, Connecticut
The Childhood Cancer Alliance of Connecticut brings together a caring community of organizations serving children in Connecticut affected by cancer and their families. The organization provides resources and support where and when families need it, connecting them with various assistance programs.
EducationEmotionalAdvocacy