1. Basic needs for families facing cancer

Your donation helps cancer patients afford basic needs while going through treatment. This includes:

• Food: Cover groceries and other food costs so families have warm and nutritious food on the table.
• Transportation: Pay for full tanks, parking fees, and other costs to ensure safe travel to treatment.
• Utilities: Keep the lights, heating, air conditioning, water, WiFi, and other necessities up and running.
• Housing: Ensure the mortgage and rent is paid so families can stay in their homes during treatment and beyond.

Family Reach distributes this financial support through checks. Sometimes the checks are sent straight to the family, though we also send money directly to landlords, utility companies, and other service providers for ease and timeliness.

If a family can’t meet their basic needs, cancer treatment is going to take a back seat. By covering these essential, non-medical costs, you’re helping cancer patients access life-saving care.

2. Trained support for cancer patients and their families

In addition to helping families afford basic needs, your donation funds the support we provide for cancer patients and their families through resource navigation.

Our trained Resource Navigators provide personalized resource recommendations to help families with unemployment, insurance, food, and other critical needs. They’re also there to listen and empower patients and caregivers, especially as many of them have a social work background.

For the families we serve, this compassionate support is an uplifting experience:

• “Our concerns were heard, paid attention to, and felt deeply by everyone we spoke to.”
• “People actually talk to you. You’re not just a number, you’re a person who happens to have cancer.”
• “I literally slept better at night.”¹