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All of our Sarcoma Alliance programs seek to extend a warm helping hand to sarcoma patients. Today we honor that commitment with a new program, Hand in Hand: The Suzanne R. Leider Memorial Assistance Fund.
The Hand in Hand program allows us to build on our personal connection with sarcoma patients, in this case supporting their efforts to explore second opinions from physicians. Hand in Hand offers specific financial assistance for second opinion consultations by reimbursing expenses related to travel, phone bills, costs of the evaluation and directly related charges. Grants up to $1000 annually (per patient) are offered on a quarterly basis to qualified applicants. These grants, though modest, will allow us to touch as many patients lives as possible. We inaugurated Hand in Hand as part of our celebration of Sarcoma Awareness Week, June 9th, June 15th, 2003. Hand in Hand pilot program applications are available for downloading from our website.
Suzanne Leider was tireless in her search for knowledge and guidance in all aspects of her life. She sought out and effectively collaborated with many health-care practitioners who extended both the quality and duration of her life during her battle with sarcoma. It was Suzanne's wish that part of her legacy would be to help other sarcoma patients access the same wonderful network of health care information she found. In honor of Suzanne's wishes, the Sarcoma Alliance is pleased to announce the beginning of this exciting new assistance program.
APPLICATION: Please click here to download the application. It should be printed, fully completed, and mailed to:
The Sarcoma Alliance
Assitance Fund
775 E. Blithedale, #334
Mill Valley, CA 94941
On April 21, 2007 join us for the second Roadster Rumble at Joe's Garage in Tustin California. This exciting and magical evening benefits the Assistance Fund which provides grants to individuals seeking second opinions from sarcoma specialists. We hope you will join us for dinner, entertainment and auctions of a fantastic array of gifts, dinners and weekend getaways. Contact the Alliance for details and to be put on the mailing list for an invitation.
Financial Assistance Links
National Cancer Institute - Financial Assistance for Cancer Care
[http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/8_3.htm]
Patient Advocate Foundation - Legal Counseling for Insurance and Finance Issues
[http://www.patientadvocate.org]
Patient Advocate Foundation, Co-Pay Relief Program
This program provides assistance for fees not covered by insurance and was expanded to include sarcoma patients. Patients must financially and medically qualify for the program.
[http://www.copays.org]
Cancer Trials - Patient Care Costs
[http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/page9]
Consumer Guides for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance
[http://healthinsuranceinfo.net]
Children’s Cancer Fund of America
http://www.ccfoa.org/
Travel
National Patient Travel Helpline 1-800-296-1217
[http://www.PatientTravel.org]
Corporate Angel Network - Free Airline Flights for Cancer Patients
[http://www.CorpAngelNetwork.org/]
AOW - Airlines of the Web Medical Air Services
[http://www.flyaow.com/airmed.htm]
Southwest Airlines
Department of Civic and Charitable Contributions
P.O. Box 33611
Dallas, TX 75235
214-792-1300
Housing
Amshwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation
Temporary, short term housing while at Texas Medical Center
Houston, Texas
www.sarcomacancer.org
Joe's House - free or reduced housing nationwide: [http://www.joeshouse.org]
National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc
[http://www.nahhh.org/] |
