La Casa Norte is celebrating 20 years of serving youth and families confronting homelessness in Chicago. They provide access to stable housing and deliver comprehensive services that act as a catalyst to transform lives and communities. While covering the nonprofit's fundraising gala, CBS 2 reports that, last year alone, the organization helped 24,000 people with housing needs and other support services.
Co-founded by a breast-cancer survivor and a high-school rowing coach, Recovery on Water (ROW) is a rowing team that gives patients and survivors of breast cancer the unique opportunity to interact, become active in their recovery, and gain support from fellow survivors. ROW offers year-round rowing programs on the Chicago River or on indoor rowing machines. The goal of ROW is to increase exercise consistency in people diagnosed with breast cancer and to improve their quality of life. No rowing experience is required. Check out this article in Rowing News about the growing membership of this inspiring community.
Danville, California-based Lazarex Cancer Foundation removes the barriers to FDA clinical trial participation for advanced stage cancer patients by providing assistance with costs for trial participation and identification of clinical trial options. Covered costs can include transportation, lodging, and certain medical expenses. They focus on helping patients with all types of cancer, of all ages, from all walks of life. They aspire to improve cancer survival rates through screenings, early detection, and patient participation in clinical trials, with a focus on the medically underserved to address health disparities.
Check out this Fox 2 St. Louis segment on how the foundation has covered transportation costs so that about 1,500 cancer patients could be part of groundbreaking clinical trials for cancer treatments nationwide already this year.