The NYOH Community Cancer Foundation is delighted to announce that its inaugural event, Courage & Cancer: Evening of Stories, was an astounding success, raising over $47,000. The event, held at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, on Thursday, May 25, 2023, brought together a compassionate community dedicated to alleviating financial hardship for individuals diagnosed and living with cancer.
You’re not alone, but you are amazing! Strong, brave, capable, resilient You are awesome, you are loved and you shine! These are some of the small notes of encouragement included in some of the latest Patient Care Bags donated by Girl Scout Troop 2502 in Burnt Hills. Additional special thanks to the Albany Academy for Girls Key Club and Girl Scout Troop 1745 in Castleton’s Bronze Award Activity for their Patient Care Bag donations this month! We are so grateful for your help, love, and care! Bags will be given to local NYOH cancer [...]
The NYOH Community Cancer Foundation's inaugural spring fundraising event, Courage & Cancer: An Evening of Stories was held on Thurs, May 25 and it was an incredible success. Thank you to the many people who made the evening possible: to our incredible storytellers and storytelling coach, Emily Rubin, the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation Board of Directors, event committee volunteers, event sponsors, honorary committee members, and numerous others who donated their time, talent, and treasure: THANK YOU! You helped us raise over $47,000 to support local cancer patients! As part of the evening, the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation honored [...]
The NYOH Community Cancer Foundation is distributing over 150 handmade chemo port pillows for patients at multiple NYOH locations, thanks to the sewing talents of Judi E, Pat G, and Midge D. Thank you each for your time and sewing talent! Wearing a seatbelt can be uncomfortable with a port. These little pillows can provide a buffer. If you would like to lend your skills to this simple, yet meaningful project, check out this flyer for a supply list and suggested instructions.
Starting cancer treatment can be a physically and emotionally overwhelming experience. By creating a care bag with small items and a kind note, you can provide some encouragement to an NYOH patient starting treatment. Ideal for any workplace teambuilding effort, youth project, or service activity, the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation is seeking patient care bags from our community. We will distribute the bags to patients at an NYOH cancer site. Thank you to Dr Karen Tedesco of NYOH and her son Evan for assembling 20 care bags for patients at the Hudson Cancer Center! They [...]
It might still be chilly winter out now -- but back in August, Creighton Manning Engineering was celebrating the summer with staff dress down days, outdoor barbecues, and more to support the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation. For several summers in a row, the generous staff at Creighton Manning have organized these small events to raise awareness around cancer. Thank you!
Thank you to the owners, team members, and customers of the Ashley Home Store in Amsterdam and Ruby & Quiri in Johnstown! We appreciate your donation to the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation as part of a successful Pinktober Event held in October!
Thank you to Will Bullis and the team at Runnings in the Gloversville for hosting an October Ladies’ Night fundraiser and breast cancer awareness event on October 19! All 57 stores nationwide hosted an event with proceeds donated to local cancer charities. Thank you for presenting a check for $600 to the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation!
Our Foundation is celebrating this giving season by sending extra holiday cheer to some NYOH patients. Our volunteers were busy last week sending gift cards with glitter and handwritten warm wishes to patients (they also helped stuff envelopes for our end of year mailing!). Thank you to Price Chopper for donating $500 in gift cards and Stewart’s Shops for donating $500 in gift cards! Your support is making a real-time difference helping people with cancer enjoy their holiday. We appreciate your commitment to our local community.
The Mechanicville-Stillwater Breast Cancer Walk presented a check for $18,000 to our Foundation last Thursday night! This incredible committee of all volunteers hosted the annual community walk on October 9, raising cancer awareness and funds in memory of Jessica Mitchell, who died in 2008 of breast cancer. We are humbled and grateful for being one of the three organizations to receive proceeds from the Walk, alongside Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center and the American Cancer Society. Thank you to the committee, all of the local business and vendor sponsors, individuals who registered to walk, and Mechanicville and Stillwater [...]
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