Empowering Central NY Breast Cancer Patients to Focus on Their Treatment —
Not Their Bills
Patients & Families Looking for Support
Breast Cancer 101
Providers Interested in Partnering
Over 14,130
Patients
Supported
28 Trusted
Partner
Organizations
Serving
12 Central
NY Counties
$26 Million+
in Grants
Awarded
IMPACT
A patient in her 70s had multiple family members living with her who depended on her income to make ends meet. Upon receiving her breast cancer diagnosis, she decided to forgo treatment due to the cost and strain it would cause her family. After learning about the assistance available through Saint Agatha, the patient decided to move forward with treatment and “enter the ring” for the battle she otherwise would not have fought.
An individual who was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer received support from Saint Agatha for transportation costs to and from her treatment center in Binghamton after undergoing a double mastectomy.
A patient had Stage IV breast cancer and was informed by her doctors that she had about six months to live. She had four adult children and wanted to ensure that her affairs were in order to make everything as simple for them as possible. She was relieved to have assistance from Saint Agatha to secure her will and power of attorney in her final weeks.
NEWS & RECENT EVENTS
FEATURED STORY
Announcing an Unprecedented $2.3M Investment in Eight Provider Partners
New Giving to Focus on Capital Investments
Press Release
HOW SAINT AGATHA FOUNDATION’S
SUPPORT WORKS
“It breaks my heart to see women dealing with not only the emotional and medical piece of breast cancer, but also the financial stress.”
Laurie Mezzalingua was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 29. Laurie’s deep empathy for others left her devastated by the economic toll that breast cancer took on her fellow patients. She established the Saint Agatha Foundation in 2004 to provide financial assistance to individuals in Central New York facing breast cancer.
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