Miles of Hope Grants, Scholarships and Funded Programs
Grants
Scholarships for Students
Funded Programs
Peer-to-Peer Program
Medical Gap Care Fund
What do we fund?
The Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation is a not for profit organization established in 2004. The Foundation funds support services and programs for people affected by breast cancer in the Hudson Valley. All funds raised for the Foundation are used in the Hudson Valley.
Applications will be considered on a case by case basis as funds are available.
Projects may be funded in the following areas:
- breast cancer education
- educational outreach to special populations
- support programs (including complementary medicine programs)
- financial aid for social support and ancillary services
To request funding for a program:
Purpose: To assist graduating high school students whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Students must reside within one of the eight New York State counties covered by the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester and Ulster.
Award: Eight (8) scholarships of $1,000 each.
Scholarship Criteria: Lives must have been affected by breast cancer.
Deadline: The deadline for the scholarships is April 1 each year.
Additional Requirements
- Reside within one of the eight New York State counties mentioned above.
- Be a high school student who will graduate by June in the year the scholarship is given.
- Must plan to attend an accredited college or trade school.
Materials to Include with Application
- Copy of high school transcript & SAT scores
- Brief essay describing how their lives have been changed by breast cancer
- Letters of recommendation
- Completed Financial Aid Form
- Parent or guardian tax return
- Completed application form
Download application form here - PDF
Download application form here - DOC
For information on scholarships to the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies for people in treatment for breast cancer please go to this site: www.eomega.org
All funds raised in the Hudson Valley are used to support programs in the Hudson Valley.
Some of the current programs funded by the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation include:
- Complementary Medicine. This includes funding of massage therapy, reiki, acupuncture, music therapy, exercise/dance, and art therapy programs to enhance recovery.
- Scholarships for college bound high school seniors whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Scholarships given in all 8 counties.
- Medical Gap Care Fund for individuals who are faced with life emergencies and/or costs not covered by health insurance while they are undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Partner agencies: Dutchess County Community Action Partnership, Putnam County Community Action Partnership, Family of Woodstock (Ulster), Cancer Support Team (Westchester), The Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center (Orange), Rockland County Community Action Partnership
- Peer to Peer, a program uniting recently diagnosed breast cancer patients with trained survivors.
- La Boutique at the Dyson Center for Cancer Care at Vassar Brothers Medical Center where women can purchase items related to their on-going treatment.
- A grant to increase the number of people who can participate in ongoing breast cancer support groups in Putnam County and for yoga and ‘meditation for breast care’ classes also in Putnam County.
- A grant to translate a booklet that is a resource to cancer patients and their families into Spanish
- A grant to provide transportation to area hospitals to underinsured women needing mammograms in Northern Westchester.
- A grant to provide one on one counseling service to recently diagnosed breast cancer patients in Westchester and Putnam counties by trained survivors
- A grant for educational materials for recently diagnosed breast cancer patients to Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Dutchess)
- A grant for a massage therapy program for breast cancer patients to VBMC
- A grant for funding for Reclaiming Intimacy and Sexuality After Cancer Conference
- A grant for a Young Survivor’s Forum
- A grant for educational materials to be presented to people immediately after their breast cancer diagnosis.
- A grant to the Dutchess County Art Association/Barrett House for a survivor’s ceramic class
- A grant to the Wall Street Jazz Festival (Ulster) presenting live jazz in Kingston while providing material on breast cancer for the public
- A grant to Support Connection (Westchester) for 20,000 Breast and Ovarian Cancer Educational brochures
- A grant to Support Connection for a peer counseling program for people diagnosed with breast cancer
- A grant (Ulster) for an educational calendar regarding breast cancer risk reduction and healthy lifestyles
- A grant to Benedictine Hospital (Kingston) for an Arts in Wellness program for people diagnosed with breast cancer
- A grant to St. Francis Hospital (Dutchess) for items and appliances for the lobby of the new Cancer Center entitled ‘Tea and Sympathy’
- A grant to St. Francis Hospital (Dutchess) to fund exercise therapy/reflexology/reiki programs
- A grant to St Luke’s Hospital Cornwall (Orange) to help train Peer to Peer Counselors
- A grant to Barrett Art Center (Dutchess) for a clay works survivor therapy class
- A grant to Tennis for Life for a free tennis clinic for survivors in Rockland County
- A grant to Breast Cancer Options for an acupuncture program in Ulster County
(Annual programs are italicized.)
To request funding for a program, click here to download our general grant application.
