Local Cancer Support Services
My Breast Cancer Support
My Breast Cancer Support provides financial and emotional support to breast cancer patients throughout the Greater Seacoast area of New Hampshire and Southern Maine on their individual paths toward wellness.
On Belay
On Belay builds community among youth who have or have had a family member with cancer using adventure based programs that encourage participants to uncover their inner resilience.
Lucy's Love Bus
Lucy’s Love Bus improves quality of life for children with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses with integrative therapies such as massage, meditation, acupuncture, music therapy, and therapeutic horseback riding. Integrative therapies ease children’s pain and anxiety during and after traditional medical treatments.
TASC (Transportation Assistance for Seacoast Citizens)
TASC provides transportation, at no charge, through volunteer drivers for persons who need transportation to appointments.
Retts Roost
A peaceful, supportive place for families that have experienced childhood cancer or child loss. Retts Roost provides weekend retreats that focus on mindful healing of trauma & grief through therapeutic and community support. It is a sanctuary for families affected by childhood cancer or child loss, offering a community of loving-kindness and supportive activities in a peaceful, natural setting to ease their experience with trauma and grief.
North of Boston Cancer Resource Integrative Care and Support
This comprehensive online guide provides easier access to complementary therapies and programs, specifically designed to help people with cancer survive and thrive through diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
Tough Warrior Princesses
The Tough Warrior Princesses provide support, comfort, love and resources to women affected by cancer. Based in Amesbury, MA, they serve the north shore of Boston and southern NH. When they learn of a woman newly diagnosed or facing a cancer recurrence, they arrange through a family member or friend to have a Survivor Basket delivered to them. The basket is filled with items one may need to get through diagnosis and treatments, items of inspiration and information on resources. Tough Warrior Princesses also offer a monthly meeting called Warrior Chats for survivors and their caregivers as a way to connect and get support. They also host many events throughout the year.
Betty J. Borry Breast Cancer Retreats
The Betty J. Borry Breast Cancer Adventure Retreats provide adventure-based opportunities for women living after breast cancer. Participants challenge themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually finding understanding and support. They use challenge by choice activities such as ropes courses, kayaking, snowshoeing, hiking, expressive and healing arts to create a supportive, inclusive, invigorating environment. Women gain confidence, make new friends and discover their own place of sanctuary in the outdoors.
Yoga Hope
Monthly workshops where you explore positive changes you can make in your life after a cancer diagnosis.
Dempsey Center
The Dempsey Center, located in Lewiston and South Portland, Maine, makes life better for people managing the impact of cancer. Services are provided at no cost.
Amy's Treat
Amy's Treat is dedicated to providing solutions to the day-to-day difficulties of living with cancer and offers unexpected 'treats' to renew the spirit.
Cleaning for a Reason
Gives the gift of free house cleaning for women undergoing treatment for any type of cancer.
Annie's Helping Hands
Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund established Annie’s Helping Hands in 2012. Annie’s Helping Hands is a multidisciplinary holistic oncology program. Participants of the program are eligible to receive massage, Reiki and meditation therapies for up to 6 months. Services are provided by professionals with specialized training in oncology in their field. They offer a clean, relaxing environment where cancer patients and their families can step away from the stress of their day to day life, be pampered in luxury, and find relief from emotional and physical pain.
Annie's Helping Hands program is open to residents of Rockingham and Strafford counties who are currently receiving treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, are within a three month period of ending treatments, or are currently preparing for or recovering from cancer related surgery.
Annie’s Angels Memorial Fund
Dedicated to helping local families struggling financially through a life threatening disease, illness or disability connecting neighbor to neighbor, friend to friend and business to business in a caring fundraising network.
Womenaid of Greater Portsmouth
Womenaid provides short term financial assistance to neighbors in need when they have nowhere else to turn.
