I have cancer 

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American Cancer Society     600 Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC 28210

704 552-6147    www.cancer.org    Email: rlaw@cancer.org     

** The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service.

 

www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/index.html

** Features stories from children, teens, and siblings about living with serious illness. This is a site about growing up with medical problems ...any ole type. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the

children and teens who are doing just that.

 

Buddy Kemp Caring House     242 Colonial Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28207

704 384-5223    

**The Presbyterian Buddy Kemp Caring House is a community cancer support program offering support groups, counseling services, educational programs and a resource library for individuals diagnosed with cancer, their families and friends.

800-813-HOPE (800-813-4673)    www.cancercare.org

** CancerCare is a national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services for anyone affected by cancer.

310-203-9232     www.cancervive.org

**Dedicated to helping cancer survivors reenter school or the workplace.  Cancervive offers books and videos for adults, teens, and children; an “Ask the Expert” email for legal questions; and a listing of scholarships for

cancer survivors.

800-366-2223     www.candlelighters.org

**Offers support, education, and advocacy for children and adolescents with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer, their families, and the professionals who care for them.

Can-Help (Cancer Helpers)

704-365-6750     Contact: Liz Howell, Coordinator

**Provides transportation for cancer patients to and from treatment facilities.

 

800-662-7030 (NC only)

**If you can’t find what you’re looking for somewhere else – call this statewide human services information and referral center. Provides access to state and other agencies for financial, medical and other needs.

 

** CarePages are free, easy-to-use Web pages, that help family and friends communicate when a loved one is receiving care.

651-452-7940     www.CaringBridge.org

** Free, personalized websites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery.

 

** By focusing on breast health education and collaboration with local organizations, we will strive to save lives, improve breast health services and reach out to the underserved members in our community.

 

** Our website provides an array of information and resources for the newly diagnosed and long-term survivors.

 

Christ Our Shepherd Ministries 

226 West John Street, Matthews, NC 28105

704 845-6278  or  704-849-0256

www.cosministries.org   

Contact: Estelle Brendle at ebrendle@graceandhope.org

**Ministry to single parents, childcare, summer camp, preschool, library, computer lab, etc.

  

704-371-3001

www.crisisassistance.org

**Serves the low-income citizens of Mecklenburg County, often classified as "the working poor," who are facing financial emergencies and are struggling to meet life's basic needs. These include people who are: Working in one or more low-wage jobs, disabled or elderly and living on fixed incomes, facing increasing costs of living, stagnant wages, and a lack of affordable housing, or without a network of support.

800-458-6223

**Represents the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF). Supports lifesaving research and helps raise awareness of the importance of cancer clinical trials. Provides online information on types of childhood cancer and treatments.

 

2401-A Distribution Street, Charlotte, NC 28203

704-333-9229

**Delivering, in a caring and friendly manner, balanced meals to individuals in this community who are unable, because of age or infirmity, to obtain and prepare their own meal.

 

P O Box 661, China Grove, NC 28023

Director John Bouk   704 857-7011

www.godstock.org  Email: info@godstock.org

**Provides financial assistance to families of chronically ill children - mortgage payment, car payments, insurance, and utilities, etc.

 

www.grouploop.org    202-659-9709

**Sponsored by The Wellness Community. Provides online support, information and resources for teens with cancer and their parents, including support groups and discussion boards.

 

 

P.O. Box 36891, Charlotte, NC 28236

704 384-6058

www.hospitalityhouseofcharlotte.org   Email: hospitalityhouse@mindspring.com

**Provide free housing and meals for family members from out of town, when a medical crisis has a family member in either Presbyterian Main or Carolinas Medical Center. Must be referred by hospital representatives. 

 

704 953-2424    David Jordan

**Provides handyman services or locates other household repair providers

 

301 Billingsley Road, Charlotte, NC 28211

704-432-1111     www.charmeck.org/Departments/Just1Call/ENG/Home.htm

**A resource/referral system for virtually any services needed for seniors, disabled adults, and their caregivers.

 

512-236-8820

**Inspires and empowers people affected by cancer. Helps people with cancer focus on living. Believes unity is strength, knowledge is power, and attitude is everything. Provides the practical information and tools people with cancer need to live life on their own terms. Serves its mission through advocacy, public health, and research.

 

5950 Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC, 28210

704 998-5012    www.leukemia-lymphoma.org

800 955-4572 – connects to counselor for questions regarding specific forms of cancer.

**Provides support and information for blood cancers: Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma, Myelodysplastic syndromes, Myeloproliferate disorders

**Website provides information on types of blood cancers, treatments, clinical trials and support groups (First Connections monthly support group)

**Financial assistance programs

 

Carolinas Medical Center, Blumenthal Cancer Center

1025 Morehead Medical Drive #600, Charlotte, NC 28204

704 355-7283

**A professionally facilitated group for people with any type of cancer as well as for family and friends.

 

866-235-7205 (9am to 5pm eastern time)

**This LAF program helps cancer survivors and family members face the everyday challenges of cancer survivorship through emotional support; individual counseling; and assistance with financial, legal, and/or insurance issues and matching to clinical trials.

 

PO Box 11234, Charlotte, NC 28220

704-523-4333

**A nonprofit emergency food pantry program which provides a week's worth of groceries to people in crisis in Charlotte Mecklenburg.

 

704 536-5588

**They have a number of services available through their volunteer network for those in need. They have approximately 150 churches they can draw volunteers from. Primary to HCM would be: transportation, cleaning, minor home repairs, and respite care for caretakers.

 

113 North Ames Street, Matthews, NC 28105

704 841-8882     www.matthewshealthclinic.org

**Provides healthcare to uninsured, low income families in Mecklenburg and Union counties

 

119 North Ames Street, Matthews, NC 28106

704 847-8383      www.matthewshelpcenter.org

**Provides English as a second language classes, thrift store, crisis assistance-food, clothing, rent, utilities, medical bills, referral service to other service providers, lending of medical equipment, nurse visits by appointment, meals through Friendship Trays.

 

101 North McDowell Street # 100, Charlotte, NC 28204

704 331-4774       www.centerforfamilylaw.org

**Provides free or low cost family law for low-income people. Christian value based. Strives to keep marriages and families together.

5516 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28212

704 536-1790    www.medassist.org

**Provide free prescription medications to low income individuals.

 

800-422-6237       www.cancer.gov

**Resource for information about various types of cancer, treatment options and clinical trial information. 800 number to talk with a cancer counselor to ask further questions

 

800-695-0285       www.nichcy.org

**Provides information on childhood disabilities, the laws protecting children’s rights, and research-based educational practices.

 

**Provides an innovative and unique resource that addresses the issues of childhood cancer survivors, provides information and support to families and professionals and to build a bridge of support between current patients and survivors.

 

**A website for parents, friends and families of children who have or have had childhood cancer.

 

Presbyterian Hospital, 200 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28233

704-384-5377

**Support group open to families of children that have any type of cancer. 

 

** Planet Cancer is an on-line community of young adults with cancer. (You know, that age between "pediatric" and "geriatric," where no one knows whether to give you a lollipop or have a serious talk about your fiber intake.) It's a place to share insights, explore our fears, and laugh. We don't deny the dark side of illness and death here. But we also firmly believe that laughter and light can turn up in the strangest places.

 

Second Opinion Clinic

200 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28233

**Offer Cancer Clinics, where cancer specialists meet together at one time in the convenience of a single location to consider each patient's case and make the best, most comprehensive recommendation for treatment. Also participates in national research trials, providing patients access to the latest cancer treatment options.

 

Pediatric Oncology Clinic Carolina’s Medical Center

704 355-1160

Contact Person: Nicole Vagnone, Susan Weatherby

**An informal dinner and support group for families who have children with any type of cancer. During the meetings, the parents meet as a support group and a childlife specialist provides programs for the children with cancer along with their siblings. 

 

534 Spratt Street, Charlotte, NC 28206

704-344-4731

**The Salvation Army believes in “meeting the need at the point of need.”

 

704-376-1785

**Strives through education, advocacy, and partnerships to eliminate hunger by the solicitation and distribution of food.

 

Sheperd's Center of Charlotte 

• Improve muscle strength, cardiovascular endurance and flexibility
• Increase energy and reduce the side effects of cancer treatments
• Improve quality of life and build self-esteem