Support Connection recently received a $15,000 grant from Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. The grant will help fund Support Connection’s One-on-One Peer Counseling Program. This program provides free, personalized, confidential support and education to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. The professional Peer Counselors on Support Connection’s staff are cancer survivors themselves. Peer […]
By Karen Rigney and Sheila Emery Murphy, Certified Health Coaches Karen Rigney and Sheila Emery Murphy are certified health coaches who have led workshops on healthy cooking, nutrition and wellness for Support Connection. They offer the following simple tips for gradually integrating whole person health practices into your day*: 1. Your First Choice Counts […]
By Marlene Stager, MS Support Connection Peer Counselor I know who I was before I was diagnosed. I was a wife, mother of three, athlete, counselor and volunteer… each role came with an easy definition. Then I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Striving to be the most successful cancer patient on the planet while keeping […]
(Published by The Yorktown News) By Brian Marschhauser, The Yorktown News. Photo by Tabitha Pearson Marshall, The Yorktown News. On Saturday, Feb. 28, Solaris Sports Club in Yorktown Heights hosted a Dance-a-Thon to benefit Support Connection, a not-for-profit organization that provides free support services to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. The Dance-a-Thon was […]