Z. is a 66 year-old widow diagnosed with breast cancer at the height of the war. She suffers from mental illness and anxiety, and lives with one of her daughters and her children. Her daughter’s husband has been called up to IDF reserve duty. Together with them she...
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Escaping from war and thrust into another, J. struggles to provide her family’s basic needs as a new immigrant with breast cancer
J. is a divorced 53 year-old new immigrant from Russia. She immigrated with one of her three daughters to escape the war in nearby Ukraine, arriving right before war broke out in Israel on October 7. She was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after. J. speaks almost no...
A Lemonade grant helped H. manage financially, and offered relief to focus on healing and mourning what she lost on October 7.
H.,48, was evacuated with her husband and son from a Gaza border kibbutz after the October 7th massacre in Israel. Another son is a combat soldier on active duty. Soon after H. was diagnosed with breast cancer. She began chemotherapy immediately, followed by...
Evacuated with only the clothes on her back, R. needed to continue life-saving treatments, traumatized by rocket attacks and uncertainty.
R. is a 75-year old widow from Sderot undergoing cancer treatments. She was evacuated with only the clothes on her back when war broke out on October 7, 2023. Traumatized by the rockets and uncertain when, and if, she can return home. A Lemonade Fund emergency...
Lonely, alone and ill in her golden years, a Lemonade Fund grant means F. can get the physical help she needs to heal.
F. is a 75 year-old widow. She lives alone in a periphery community, a long bus ride from the hospital where she receives chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer. One grown son is autistic and resides in an institution. She lives solely on social security...
A caring, dedicated oncology nurse, N. quickly was in desperate need of assistance when she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.
N. was 35 when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 aggressive breast cancer. With four young children aged 2 to 7, she was unable to work when her treatment protocol began. Her husband had to cut back hours as a welder to a bare minimum to be available for their young...
A 20 year-old soldier should never have to give up on her dream to live a normal healthy life because of the financial distress of a breast cancer diagnosis.
C., a 20 year-old soldier, was weeks away from completing her army service when she felt a lump in her breast. Instead of planning a post-army trek or applying to university, C. was preparing for aggressive chemotherapy. During her service, she had special leave to...
“Your assistance helped us overcome some of the financial restrictions because of the war in Ukraine.”
My husband and I immigrated to Israel in April. Just a few weeks before leaving Russia to flee the war, I was diagnosed with a severe form of cancer. I had to travel in a bad condition and in a big hurry in order to start treatment as soon as possible. When we arrived...
Financial help was needed to tide the family over while waiting for disability allowances to be processed.
D., lives in Israel’s southern region, with her husband and one of her adult children, who has lived with them since he was injured in a terror attack. Recently diagnosed with breast cancer, she has used all of her sick days from her work and is waiting for disability...
“Your grant did not just help me financially. It gave me strength, and raised my spirits through such a difficult and exhausting time.”
I am Z, 33 years old and recovering from breast cancer. When I was in treatment, my social worker told me about the Lemonade Fund. First and foremost, I want to say how heartwarming it was to hear about an organization that cares so much, shares, understands and wants...