Peter Hort Quality of Life Cancer Grant

“From my experience both as a physician as well as a patient, I’ve come to learn that more is needed to treat cancer than just surgery and chemotherapy. Patients benefit tremendously from the support of family and friends. Recognizing this critical element in the fight against cancer, The Rema Hort Mann Foundation does everything in its power to enhance a patient’s social support network, from flying in relatives from distant places to providing funds for childcare so that a husband or wife can be with their spouse during treatment.”

David Biro, RHMF board member and physician

Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s Peter Hort Quality of Life Cancer Grant brings family members and loved ones together in order to provide much needed support and consolation while a patient is undergoing treatment. This essential element enhances the patient’s emotional experience by connecting them to people they love. We believe patients benefit tremendously from the support of family and friends.

RHMF works directly with social workers to tailor each grant to the patient’s needs. Beyond what is traditionally offered through healthcare insurance, PHQOL Cancer Grants ensure that the patient is taken care of emotionally. PHQOL Cancer Grants have helped to provide funds to cover costs such as travel, phone cards, childcare, hotel accommodations, and car rentals. Since 1995, RHMF has made a difference in hundreds of patients’ lives.

“The gift from Rema Hort Mann Foundation was a light in the darkness we had been living in for almost a year. Instead of thinking about the cancer treatment, I am now planning a trip to visit my son. For me and my husband the grant was a gift of seeing beyond cancer.”

– PHQOL grant recipient

Lourdes is a 56-year-old woman who is finishing a round of chemotherapy and radiation treatment for breast cancer. A grant of would allow her to travel to see her parents and two sisters who live Ilio Ilio, Philippines begin beginning another round of treatment.

Pat is a 53-year-old man with neuroblastoma (brain cancer) who is in need of surgery for phenoid sinus masses. He hasn’t seen his father in over ten years and a grant will allow him to see both his parents in Barbados before surgery.

Randy is a single disabled doorman unable to use alternate speech or swallow for two years due to his advanced larynx cancer. Texting is his only means of communicating with his family, friends, and doctor and is his lifeline to his support system. Randy’s mother lives in another county, recently lost her job, and is no longer able to help him financially. A grant will pay for his cell phone with unlimited texting so that he can continue to receive support from his family, friends, and doctor.

Elizabeth is a 48-year-old woman with breast cancer who wants to visit her brothers in the Dominican Republic before she begins her next round of radiation treatment in a few weeks. She is emotionally drained from treatment and a grant would allow her to receive the support of her family she needs before undergoing her next.

Atanaska is presently in the hospital for complications after a bone marrow transplant for Leukemia. Her daughter has not been able to visit her mother in the US in almost two years due to lack of funds. Antanaska is hoping to have her daughter come visit her to provide much needed emotional support.

Benedicte is a 40 year old woman who needs her mother to help care for her and her children while she in treatment with radiation and chemotherapy for breast cancer. A grant would allow her the patient’s mother to travel form France to New York.

RHMF partners with social workers from hospitals including the Children’s Hospital of New York, Presbyterian Memorial, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hackensack University Medical, Einstein Cancer Center, and Mount Sinai Hospital.

With our new and successful expansion to Los Angeles, we are expanding our reach to a west coast effectively doubling our capacity uniting hundreds of families on both coasts with loved ones from around the world. Among the participating hospitals are Cedars Sinai Medical Center, UCLA Simms Mann Center, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Children’s Hospital LA.

Your generous gift to RHMF will transform into grants for artists and cancer patients.