Programs

Complementary Medicine

Complementary medicine programs are therapeutic treatments that enhance a patient’s recovery or assist in the management of side effects. These programs may include, but are not limited to massage therapy, reiki, acupuncture, music therapy, exercise/yoga/dance, and art therapy.

Complementary Medicine Programs

  • A Miles of Hope funded program to Breast Cancer Options for an acupuncture program in Ulster County. Click here for more information.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to provide yoga classes for people in treatment and survivors in Westchester County. Click here for more information. 800-532-4290 or 914-962-6402.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to Vassar Brothers Medical Center to help purchase a breast Tomosynthesis machine: Click here for more information.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program at Northern Westchester Hospital for a Breast Health Initiative for Underserved Women to receive free, accessible, comprehensive and timely breast health services from education, screening, risk assessment and intervention to diagnosis, state-of-the-art treatment and follow-up. For more info: ggreenwald@nwhc.net.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to Cancer Support Team of Mamaroneck (Westchester County) to enhance the delivery of home based services for breast cancer patients including massage, reflexology, nutrition counseling, yoga, therapeutic touch, reiki, and wigs for treatment-related hair loss. Click here for more information.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to the Women’s Health Faith and Wellness Ministry for materials for informational programs to educate minority populations: info@milesofhope.org.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to Columbia Memorial Health for breast cancer support and wellness services mdaggett@cmh-net.org. Click here for more information.
  • A Miles of Hope funded program to Breast Cancer Options to send children of breast cancer survivors to Camp Lightheart hopenemiroff@yahoo.com.
  • A grant to Breast Cancer Options to fund Camp Lightheart, a free sleep-away camp for children of breast cancer survivors or children who have lost their mother to the disease. Age 8-15. Click here for more information.
  • A grant to Support Connection for the Peer to Peer Program.
  • A grant to the YWCA of White Plains/Central Westchester to support Encore Plus, YWCA’s breast cancer education and support program to reach underserved minority women in Westchester.

Support Group and Wellness Programs

Click on a link to locate support groups and wellness programs that offer services to people affected by breast cancer in the Hudson Valley.

breastcanceroptions.org

Support Connections Support Groups

Oncology Support Programs at Health Alliance Hospitals, Kingston: Click here for more information

Would You Like to Offer A Complementary Medicine Program?

Apply for a grant to financially support your program. Click for details.

Financial Assistance

Miles of Hope Medical Gap Care Fund

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Contact Us

  • By Phone:845-264-2005
  • To make a donation by check please make it out to Miles of Hope BCF and send it to us at:
  • Miles of Hope BCF
    P.O. Box 405
    Lagrangeville, NY 12540
  • Email Usinfo@milesofhope.org