About 1% of breast cancer cases occur in men. The Lemonade Fund received our first application from a young man, S., in his early 30's, from a community in the north. Sadly, S. has had a recurrence of an earlier bout with breast cancer. In 2006, when he was first...
Friends of the Lemonade Fund: Been out of touch but very busy! The Lemonade Fund,www.lemonadefund.org, has been helping Israeli women with breast cancer at an increased pace since our last update. The following are profiles of some of the women who have received...
To the Lemonade Fund: My name is R., and I want to express my deep thanks for your decision to help me financially.at this time. This grant has helped me enormously to get through this difficult and dark period in my life, in a more optimistic and positive way.Your...
When Men Get Breast Cancer The Lemonade Fund is sharing this story to raise awareness that though quite rare, 1% of breast cancer strikes men. Men need to be alert to any lumps or changes in their chests.
URGENT REQUEST FOR PREPARED MEALS FOR KFAR SABA SINGLE MOM UNDERGOING CHEMO: Social Workers at Meir Hospital have contacted the Lemonade Fund for help with food prep for a very ill single Mom from Kfar Saba. To sign up to prepare and deliver a meal please write...
C., 45, is a single woman from a small town in the Negev with a history of schizophrenia and heart disease. She moved to Israel from the former Soviet Union in the early 1990's and has been living in subsidized housing on disability assistance. A recent diagnosis of...
Y., is a married, 39-year-old mother of four from the center of the country. She was just diagnosed with recurrent breast cancer, this time in the form of metastases to her lungs. To make her story that much more difficult, her oldest son was just diagnosed with...
Request for TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE from social workers for a past Lemonade Fund recipient who has now been newly diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer that has spread to her bones. Patient needs rides to and/or from Taibe to Meir Hospital in Kfar Sava. Even driving...
The Lemonade Fund received a call from A.'s social worker today telling us that she had died. (Story of A., our November 2013 Profilee is copied below.) Rarely have we been as struck by an applicant, and I stood still and cried. A.'s sister is taking care of A's...