From Our Founder

Shari Shares

Thoughts and insights on patient advocacy, cancer-induced financial distress and the state of breast cancer support in Israel from the Lemonade Fund’s founder and Manager, Shari Mendes

A Time to Hope

A Time to Hope

  Springtime in Israel is filled with holidays, both religious and national. Ramadan, Easter and Passover. Yom Hashoah (Memorial Day for...

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Wealth and Health

Wealth and Health

When I read about the recent death of Dr. Nancy E. Adler, a health psychologist whose work was instrumental in transforming  understanding of the...

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2023 Wrap-Up

2023 Wrap-Up

  We are ending 2023 with two hearts… One is heavy. We remain in the middle of an existential war, praying for our brave soldiers and the...

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…from where will my help come?

…from where will my help come?

A peer-reviewed article published in Clinical Breast Cancer, addressed the limited financial support resources for breast cancer patients for bills,...

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9th of Av 5783 (2023)

9th of Av 5783 (2023)

I come here once a year to remember… 13 years ago, on July 20, 2010, (Tisha B’Av, 5770) I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The year that followed...

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