Peter Hort Quality of Life Cancer Grant

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. We believe patients benefit tremendously, not just emotionally but also therapeutically, 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.

“From my experience as both a physician and a patient, I’ve come to learn that more is needed to treat cancer than 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

“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 allowed her to travel to see her parents and two sisters, in the Philippines, before 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. A grant allowed him to visit both his parents in Barbados, who he hadn't seen in over ten years, before surgery.

Randy is a single disabled doorman with advanced larynx cancer who is unable to speak. A grant paid for his cell phone, with unlimited texting, so that he can communicate with his loved ones and 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. A grant allowed her to receive the support of her family by covering her travel costs to visit her brothers.

Atanaska is presently in the hospital for complications after a bone marrow transplant for Leukemia. A grant allowed her daughter to visit her to provide much needed emotional support during recovery.

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 allowed the patient’s mother to travel form France to New York to provide emotional support during treatment.

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

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