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New Year Profiles in Courage

A., 26, single and from the south, originally from Uzbekistan, was recently diagnosed in October with stage IV breast cancer. The cancer had already spread to A.'s bones and liver and she is in a great deal of pain. She has moved back to live with her parents, as she...

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Profiles: December 2014

The Lemonade Fund has been quietly working hard. Since September 2011, more than 120 disadvantaged Israeli breast cancer patients have received financial assistance to help them cope with the costs of being seriously ill. The story of L. L., a 76 year old widow from...

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Profiles in Courage – June and July 2014

S., 44 years old, from a city in the center of the country, applied to the Lemonade Fund when she felt she had no where else to turn. S., recently diagnosed with breast cancer, lives with her elderly mother (who requires full-time care) and her husband who is no...

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Young Family Asking for Help

The Lemonade Fund was notified of a family in the Sharon area that needs help. The mother, suffering from late stage breast cancer, is in intensive care. The father said that what he and his children want most right now is for people to pray (and recite psalms) for...

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Profiles in Courage, May 2014

B., 53, from Sderot, is very ill. She has breast cancer that has metastasized throughout her body, and she will probably stop all treatment soon and enter hospice. Her only income comes from Bituach Leumi (National Insurance) and amounts to NIS 4300/month. The family...

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Mammogram Controversy

Come to Lemonade Fund's Women's Health Awareness Evening (in English) to hear about the latest controversies about screening. RSVP:  shari@lemonadefund.org or https://www.facebook.com/events/480634542039654/

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