When both spouses have cancer... Y., a 50 year old secretary from Haifa, is married with two adult children. Her husband, a machine operator, is currently being treated for lymphoma. In the midst of taking care of him, Y. was diagnosed with breast cancer and now, she,...
No one should have to be very ill and very poor at the same time. If you're sick, you shouldn't be worrying about how you can't afford to put food on the table or pay your electric bill. The ESRA Lemonade Fund gives one-time emergency financial grants to the neediest...
We at the Lemonade Fund often see how cancer can devastate a family financially in no time. E., a 73 year old Russian immigrant, lives with her unmarried daughter in a small apartment in a development town in the south. Until E. was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast...
Women's Health Awareness Event (in English) Monday, May 12, 2014.
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/
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...
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...
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...