T. is a 38 year old widow with 5 children (ages 3-13,) from a town in the Jezreel Valley. In May she discovered a lump in her breast which turned out to be malignant. T. doesn't live near family, but until now she has been able to manage financially on her widow's...
emergency relief
HOW YOU CAN GIVE DIRECT HELP TO CANCER PATIENTS DURING CORONA
Buses/trains cancelled, limited or risky...cancer patients without cars must have an alternative way to get to chemo or radiation. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/ByUdAEEkP WITHOUT TREATMENT THEY CAN DIE. IT'S THAT SIMPLE. On March 8, the Israel Lemonade Fund created...
"…It was a very unusual experience to discover such great deeds from people."
Dear Lemonade Fund: My father fell ill with a very aggressive form of cancer over six months ago. We were having trouble coping with the shock of the diagnosis and dealing with the treatments, the new situation...when suddenly a new crisis arose - Corona. This world...
FREE TAXI RIDES FOR CANCER PATIENTS DURING CORONA – STORIES
-A mother needed to visit her young son, immunocompromised and in isolation in a hospital leukemia ward. We are making it possible for this mother to see her son often even during Corona. -Lung cancer patient needed transport from Kiryat Gat to Be’er Sheva to start...
TAXI RIDES FOR CANCER PATIENTS – 2 PROFILES -WEEK 2
44 year old, married, 3 children, Stage 4, second diagnosis. Financial crisis in family. Immunocompromised but NO money for private taxi rides until the Lemonade Fund stepped in.Kiryat Gat to Be’er Sheva for chemo and bio treatment.Average taxi fare = NIS 230...
UPDATE – TAXI RIDES FOR CANCER PATIENTS DURING CORONA OUTBREAK
The Lemonade Fund has launched an urgent appeal to help patients take private taxis, so that they will not miss their treatments during this difficult time. (For the average breast cancer patient: Radiation – 25 sessions. Chemotherapy – 12-24 sessions.) Cancer...
URGENT APPEAL FOR CANCER PATIENTS DURING CORONA OUTBREAK
IMMEDIATE APPEAL FROM THE ISRAEL LEMONADE FUND: The Coronavirus has created new and potentially expensive challenges for patients travelling to their chemotherapy/radiation treatments. They are immunocompromised, and they are being warned not to take public buses and...
The Last Lemonade Fund Grant of 2019
E. is a middle-aged divorcee with two adult children; a son who is schizophrenic and daughter who works full-time and has young children. Over the years E. supported herself and her children with no help from her ex-husband or family, by working as a scientist. She...
Profiles in Courage – November 2019
For almost 9 years the Lemonade Fund has been giving emergency financial grants to the neediest Israeli breast cancer patients. We are a small but efficient charity with almost 100% of the money you donate going straight to these patients. We have tripled the amount...
What Breast Centers are Saying to us…
(עברית אחרי) "WOW! How wonderful, how emotional! Thank you so very much! These grants literally save these women..." From a Social Worker in response to grant awards for her patients. !וואו! איזה יופי! מאוד מרגש" ".תודה רבה רבה, זה פשוט מציל את הנשים האלה. מעובדת...