Success Stories

Financial Assistance for breast cancer patients

Nationwide

At CURE, we do not believe breast cancer patients should have to face the double burden of a health crisis and a financial crisis. Unfortunately, for many, the financial impact of a breast cancer diagnosis can be debilitating. In 2018, a group of passionate, dedicated, and generous women came together to tackle this problem. The Costumes for CURE Committee mandate is to raise funds for financial assistance for low income women impacted by breast cancer. In a nod to October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the group's primary fundraising event is a Halloween costume party ! The $89,000 in proceeds...

Fondation Virage

Montréal, QC

For the last 32 years, the Fondation Virage has provided cancer patients with a multitude of social and psychological supports needed to face the disease. Funding from the CURE Foundation is being used to offer patients a breast cancer support group and well as to provide wigs to those who have experienced hair loss due to their treatment.

BC Cancer Foundation: A Dual Mammography Monitor

British Columbia, BC

Thanks to our National Denim Day donors, CURE purchased a dual mammography monitor in support of the BC Cancer Breast Screening Quality Management Program, which provides screening mammography exams to over 250,000 women in British Columbia each year!

Women’s College Hospital

Toronto, ON

Since 2015, CURE has been proud to support the Women's College Hospital's Henrietta Banting Breast Centre's top priorities, which include work in breast cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, care and survivorship. Serving more than 7,500 patients annually, their comprehensive one-stop-shop model provides breast cancer patients with care from an interdisciplinary team of experts and are focused on ensuring access for all through their WCH's Crossroads Clinic for refugee women ! 

Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka

Simcoe Muskoka, ON

Gilda's Club Simcoe Muskoka Our National Denim Day donors are helping breast cancer patients cope with their diagnosis through a variety of resources and activities at Gilda's Club Simcoe Muskoka. Last year, CURE funding was directed toward their Breast Cancer Networking Group, which allows patients to connect, share information and find support in one another. As one group member explains, “I don't know what I would do without the support of this group and Gilda's Club. I have made many great friends and was giving information and resources I'm not sure I would have found otherwise. This group has been such a...

Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation

Ottawa, ON

The Queensway Carleton Hospital is a designated Ontario Breast Screening Program and plays a regional role in breast cancer screening and diagnosis, performing more than 7500 mammograms annually. They recently launched a major campaign to raise funds for a 3D mammography machine to ensure they can offer patients the latest in diagnostic imaging technology. Recognizing the importance of such a machine for more accurate breast screening, earlier diagnosis and ultimately saving more lives, CURE is committed to supporting this campaign with a $100,000 gift over 2 years. 

Breast Cancer Support Fund

Canada

The Breast Cancer Support Fund is a national charity providing financial assistance to breast cancer patients living in poverty while they are in treatment by helping them pay for groceries, rent, utilities, medications, transportation to treatment centres and critical childcare ! The Truth about breast cancer is that the financial burden can be just as devastating as the physical and emotional impact. This is why the Breast Cancer Support Fund (BCSF) exists : to bridge the gap between the financial reality faced by breast cancer patients and the limited financial assistance available ! Cancer-related out-of-pocket expense such as medication, transportation,...

Hope Air

National

Hope Air: 120 FREE flights to medical care for low-income patients with breast cancer For breast cancer patients living in remote areas face, the barriers to accessing medical care can be enormous. Patients like Margaret, from Salmo, B.C., who discovered she had breast cancer and a large mass in her pelvis and would have to drive 7 hours to Vancouver in order to get the care she needed (Read more of Margeret's story here). Together, the CURE Foundation and Hope Air are helping patients with breast cancer overcome financial and geographical barriers to ensure equal access to health care, regardless...

Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre

British Columbia, BC

The new ultrasound machine is fabulous! We are doing 6 additional same-day breast biopsies, 5 days a week ! It is all about doing as much as we can for a patient in one visit, so that we can put their concerns to rest or get them on the road to a treatment plan that will lead to a cure. Jane Goodman Site Coordinator, Medical Imaging Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre