CancerConnects provides direct financial assistance to breast cancer patients through the generosity of the Saint Agatha Foundation. To be eligible for this financial assistance program, you must be a resident of, receiving cancer treatment in, or work in one or more of the following counties: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, or St.Lawrence.
Laurie Mezzalingua, a breast cancer patient for 12 years, established the Saint Agatha Foundation in 2004 to provide financial assistance to individuals in Central and Northern New York who are afflicted with breast cancer. The foundation is dedicated to providing support, comfort, and care to breast cancer patients through financial assistance programs.
We cannot pay for:
Tax bills of any kind, vendor bills where total owed is less than $10, auto loans for cars in repossession or payments are more than 1 month behind, premium cable bill items (such as pay-per-view or move rentals), auto insurance, household repairs not related to health/safety, legal fees, DMV fees, late fees, water bills, medical bills from a collection agency, fertility treatment bills, security deposits, or family members’ medical bills.
