Resources
Along with providing post-surgical items from our donor closet, we also strive to be a liaison for financial, educational, and emotional support services.
Financial
Susan G. Komen
Susan G. Komen has been helping us help our patients for years. Below is the link to their assistance program application.
Share Our Suzy Our Suzy Lowcountry
Share Our Suzy (SOS) is a non-profit with a mission of helping cancer patients primarily in the lowcountry regions of SC.
Share Our Suzy Assistance Application
Cancer Care
Cancer of Many Colors
Mesothelioma.net
Educational
Genetics and Cancer
An underlying cause of many types of cancer is a mutation in genes within the body. Gene mutation in many cases can be hereditary. Click the link below to be taken to a seminar on cancer and genetics hosted by one of our vendors Amoena, another non-profit, Turning Point Breast Cancer Rehabilitation, and Genetic Counselor Emily Goldberg, CGC with JScreen.
Why Genetic Testing is Vital for Your Medical Treatment, Your Future, and Your Family
JScreen is a non-profit organization out of Emory University that offers low-cost genetic screening and counseling from the comfort of your home. They do both reproductive genetics and cancer genetics with dozens of genes linked to several diseases and disorders. Click the link to the left to be taken to their screening information page. Please use the promotion code provided for you with Alala. If cost is still a barrier, JScreen offers financial assistance.
Emotional
Be Well Collective
Be Well Collective is a group out of Charleston, SC with a mission of creating meaningful connections through mindfulness and movement. They offer weekly chair yoga classes for cancer patients and survivors. All upcoming classes are currently virtual. Click the link below to view their calendar and sign up!
Chair Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivor
Bosom Buddies
Bosom Buddies is a support group with Prisma Health. Their meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month via zoom. Meetings will resume in August. Contact Breast Nurse Navigator, Susan Whitlock at Susan.Whitlock@prismahealth.org for meeting details.
Carolina Breast Friends: Pink House
Carolina Breast Friends aka the Pink House, is an organization out of Charlotte, NC that focuses on empowerment of those surviving breast cancer. They currently are hosting virtual support and well being programs. Click the link below to find out more!
Lexington Medical
Sharing of Hope Support Group
~ Women with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. Gather and draw support from this group.
~Second Thursday of the month at 5 PM
~Call Kelly Jeffcoat at 803-791-2521 for the location.
Woman to Woman
~Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Gain support and companionship through this support group.