If you are a woman living in Queens County and coping with a cancer diagnosis SHAREing & CAREing may be able to help you with your medical bills. Through a small private grant, which runs through August 2020, SHAREing & CAREing may be able to offset the cost of out-of-pocket pharmaceutical, diagnostic and physician co-payments [...]
On February 4th, 2020, SHAREing & CAREing was honored and excited to visit the state capitol in Albany to meet with our Queens Senators and Assemblymembers. Our purpose was threefold: to educate recently elected Queens legislators about the work of SHAREing & CAREing and let them know that we are a resource for their constituents; [...]
The staff, board, and volunteers of SHAREing & CAREing are indebted to everyone who supported our cancer support services in 2019. We’ve made incredible impact in the Queens community, offering one-on-one counseling to those newly diagnosed with cancer, continuing our BEAT program, which provides mammogram assistance to the underinsured and uninsured, and providing breast cancer education at [...]
Photos from SHAREing & CAREing’s 2019 Annual Benefit & Silent Auction Thank you to everyone who came out to support us at our Annual Benefit & Silent Auction on November 7, 2019. The unforgettable night, held at Riccardo’s by the Bridge, commemorated our silver anniversary, 25 years of SHAREing & CAREing’s service to the Queens community. The [...]
NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst Hospital WIC Program • Frank D. O’Connor Park SHAREing & CAREing Program Manager Merryl Reichbach developed and presented Gentle Yoga at the Big Latch On on August 2, 2019. This is a global event that takes place at registered locations where people come together to breastfeed and offer peer to peer [...]
Photos courtesy of Carlos Varon. On Sunday, June 2nd, hundreds of local motorcyclists from the New York City Harley Owners Group and surrounding area met at the Harley Davidson of New York City and took to the streets for the 26th Annual Bikers Against Breast Cancer Ride. This NYPD-escorted 50-mile ride capped off an amazing [...]
Photos courtesy of Lisa Kramer and Rosa Sarmiento. On March 2, 2019 at Riccardo’s by the Bridge, SHAREing & CAREing hosted our annual Survivors and Family Wellness program. Over 60 survivors, caregivers, family members and friends came together to celebrate cancer survivorship. Cancer takes so much from us, this event is the opposite of that. [...]
We are excited about our wellness programs at various branches of Queens Public Library scheduled for the winter and spring. Take a look at what we have planned so far: Stress Management at Woodside Library (54-22 Skillman Avenue Woodside, NY 11377) on January 8 and February 12 at 1:15 p.m. Chair Yoga & Meditation for [...]
Katherine Min is a close friend of our social worker, Merryl since they met working at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire in the early 1990’s. Katherine is a professor and author with incurable breast cancer. She has faced her illness with relentless curiosity, honesty and intelligence. Her latest essay, “Writing When Your Life Depends [...]
We were honored to be asked to provide a program at Abe Stark School and to the close-knit community of Starrett City/Spring Creek Towers. 15 parents and staff members participated on October 31st and they accepted us warmly. There was breakfast and home baked cupcakes. Most of the participants had grown up together, attended school [...]
