American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge

• Hope Lodge provides a nurturing place with a home-like community in Nashville for cancer patients and their caregivers to stay during their treatment at no charge.

• Our funding supports Hope Lodge operating costs and special projects including the refurbishment of the second floor and the creation of a patient salon within the lodge.

Ascension Saint Thomas Foundation

• Ascension Saint Thomas Foundation embraces the philosophy and mission of healing and service to those who are struggling, and the patients, families, and communities served by their ministry, with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable.

• Our funding supports the Blood Cancer and Cancer Care Respite Program that provides library and laundry resources for patient families, personalized gowns for women in chemotherapy/radiation treatment, and live stream educational classes and demonstrations. Funding also launched a second Mobile Mammography unit for the Mission in Motion program to reach underserved and uninsured women in Middle Tennessee.

Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee

• Gilda’s Club Middle Tennessee is dedicated to providing support, education, and hope to all people impacted by cancer, including family members and friends of those diagnosed.

• Our funding supports program costs providing evidence-based psychosocial cancer support to all people impacted by cancer and their families through community, action, and knowledge.

The Heimerdinger Foundation

• The Heimerdinger Foundation’s mission is to provide immune-boosting, nutrient-dense meals, and nutrition education for people facing cancer. They strive to be a resource for those undergoing cancer treatments by providing guidance, support, and delicious organic meals.

• Our funding supports the Meals 4 Health and Healing program providing nutrient-dense, organic meals and education, free of charge, for families facing cancer.

HopeKids, Inc.

• HopeKids provides ongoing events, activities, and a powerful, unique support community for families who have a child with cancer or some other life-threatening medical condition. They surround these remarkable children and their families with the message that hope is a powerful medicine.

• Our funding supports the HopeDay & HopeCommunity Programs that transform the lives of children with cancer and their families through events, activities, and community support.

Leukemia Lymphoma Society® & PearlPoint Nutrition services

• LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.

• Our funding supports the Dare to Dream Project, which helps fund safer, less toxic, more effective treatment for kids with blood cancer. Funding also supports PearlPoint Nutrition, a program that offers free nutrition education and consultations to patients and caregivers of all cancer types.

Make-A-Wish® Middle Tennessee

• Make-A-Wish Middle Tennessee exists to grant life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.

• Our funding ensures that wishes come true for kids facing and fighting a cancer diagnosis with 25+ wishes granted as of this year.

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital

• Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. Their researchers and physicians are internationally recognized for discoveries in genetics, hematology, oncology and more, providing cutting-edge clinical trials that help save lives every day.

• Our funding supports research to provide essential laboratory data to understand the underlying biology of rare, but often deadly, myeloid neoplasms that occur in children and adolescents.

Nashville General Hospital Foundation

• Nashville General Hospital Foundation seeks to identify and raise resources in support of the patients, families, staff, and community of Nashville General Hospital.

• Our funding supports the Cancer Survivorship – Video Guide providing low-literacy and ESL patients easy-to-understand material on 14 cancer topics such as follow-up care, cancer tests/treatments, side effects, cancer rehabilitation, eating healthy, fatigue, returning to work, chemo brain, managing pain, and emotional/financial support.

Survivor Fitness Foundation

• Survivor Fitness Foundation helps cancer survivors regain their health and wellness through one-on-one personal training and nutritional support.

• Our funding supports the initiative to enhance the availability of health and wellness opportunities for minority and low-income cancer survivors throughout Middle Tennessee.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

• The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

• Our funding supports the Next 20%: T13” – Translational Immunology and Immunotherapy Initiative. TI3 is an inter-departmental collaboration focused on expanding the use of cellular-based cancer immunotherapy as a curative treatment for pediatric solid tumors and brain tumors.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is a leader in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. They are the only National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in Tennessee that conducts research and treats both adults and children.

• Our funding supports the Tumor-Adipose Biospecimens resource study to establish the immune link between obesity and cancer. This past year funding improved access and participation of Black women in breast cancer clinical trials, with the goal of improving outcomes for Black women with breast cancer in our region.