Support Connection is pleased to announce it was recently awarded a $7,500 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation’s Community Connection Grant Program. The grant will be used to help fund Support Connection’s free counseling, support groups, educational programs, and other services for those dealing with breast and ovarian cancer. Executive Director Katherine Quinn says: “We […]
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Support Connection Honored As 2016 Top Rated Nonprofit
GreatNonprofits.org Award is based on Positive Online Reviews. Support Connection announced that it has been honored with a prestigious 2016 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. Support Connection provides free support services, such as counseling, support groups and other programs, to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. […]
Talking the Talk and Walking the “Walk”
(Published by The Mahopac News) By Bob Dumas, The Mahopac News. Photo courtesy of David Tartaglia. When David Tartaglia found out in February 2010 that his wife, Julie, had breast cancer, he, of course, was devastated. But then his next thought was, what can I do to help? “I went to every doctor’s visit,” he said, […]
Family Gives Personal Account of Help Given by Support Connection
(Published by the Northern Westchester Examiner) By Rick Pezzullo, Northern Westchester Examiner. Photos courtesy of the Werner family. A few months before she died in 2012 from breast cancer, Marci Werner expressed her gratitude for the help she and her family received from Support Connection in a fundraising appeal to friends in advance of that […]