From Our Founder
Shari Shares
Thoughts and insights on patient advocacy, cancer-induced financial distress and the state of breast and gynecological cancer support in Israel from the Lemonade Fund’s founder and CEO, Shari Mendes
Awareness. Diligence. Knowledge.
September is Gynecological Cancer Awareness and with approximately 7,000 women diagnosed with gynecological malignancies and...
9th of Av 5785 (2025)
I come here once a year to write personally. Not as the Founder and Director of the Lemonade Fund, but as my younger self who went to my yearly...
Together with Good People
It was so refreshing to meet with Naomi Eisenberger and Julie Fischer and their team from the Good People Fund on their annual trip to Israel...
We ALL.CAN
Thanks to Guy Tavori and the ALL.CAN-Israel initiative, Lemonade Fund representatives attended a special session of the Knesset Health Committee on...
2024 in Numbers
In 2024 the Lemonade Fund awarded a record number of grants to underprivileged Israeli cancer patients in order to alleviate their financial...
Financial Toxicity: A Serious Risk Factor
I learned a great deal from a recent webinar entitled “Managing Financial Toxicity: Addressing the Hidden Costs of Cancer” hosted by our colleague...
Financial Safety Net to Ensure Continuity of Care During War
A study published by researchers from the Radiation Oncology Department, Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, the Faculty of Medicine at the...
I Come Here Once a Year to Remember…
Thirteen years ago this week I was diagnosed with breast cancer during a routine mammogram. Out of the blue…no risks, no family history - ‘shocked’...
The Bright Side of (this) Israeli Summer
June is usually a “slow” month. The school year winds down, summer plans are hatched, and the heat invariably rises as we usher in the Israeli...
A Time to Hope
Springtime in Israel is filled with holidays, both religious and national. Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Yom Hashoah (Memorial Day for...