Stronger Than Cancer
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About Stronger Than Cancer
A cancer diagnosis affects the whole family, and treatment can make even small comforts matter. Stronger Than Cancer delivers care kits with practical essentials, encouragement cards, educational materials, and supportive items to patients and caregivers through hospital and community partnerships. Your gift helps youth volunteers and survivor-led teams offer comfort while connecting families with resources for treatment and recovery.
Stronger Than Cancer grew from a heart-shaped pillow that comforted Anshika Goyal's mother after surgery. Today, that personal act of care lives on through youth-made encouragement items, volunteer-assembled kits, and partnerships that support breast cancer patients and caregivers.
Programs
The concrete work this nonprofit runs. Each program may later become a fundable project.
Comfort Care Kits
Delivers care kits containing comfort items, practical essentials, encouragement cards, educational materials, and other supportive items to cancer patients and caregivers.
Hospital and Community Outreach
Partners with hospitals, treatment centers, nonprofits, and community organizations to deliver care kits, support patients, and expand access to breast cancer awareness and resources.
Volunteer-Led Support
Youth volunteers assemble kits, write encouragement cards, make bracelets and blankets, create crafts, and lead service projects for patients and families.
Breast Cancer Awareness and Education
Provides awareness materials, early detection guides, prevention resources, and educational materials from cancer organizations.
Patient and Family Resource Connections
Connects families with financial assistance, legal services, health care and insurance assistance, clinical trials and research, support groups, and other resources.
Community Events and Support Activities
Conducts awareness campaigns, health fairs, fundraising events, volunteer activities, and support group facilitation.
Local Chapters
Supports volunteers who want to start local chapters focused on cancer awareness, patient support, and community service.
About this work
Mission
We raise breast cancer awareness and support individuals and families through comfort care kits, community outreach, and volunteer-led initiatives.
Who they serve
Breast cancer patients, cancer patients, caregivers, and families affected by cancer, including individuals facing treatment and recovery.
Their impact
- 30 hospital and community partners.
- More than 100 comfort care kits delivered through partnerships with hospitals, health centers, and nonprofits supporting cancer patients and caregivers.
How your donation helps
- Comfort items, resources, and essentials for patients and families during treatment.
- Awareness materials, early detection guides, and prevention resources for communities.
- Community events and awareness campaigns.
- Support group facilitation.
- Connecting families with resources, support groups, and services.
Need help?
How someone in need can access Stronger Than Cancer’s services.
Individuals facing breast cancer can request a free care kit for themselves or for a friend or family member by completing the request form on the Contact or Care Kits page. Stronger Than Cancer also connects families with educational, financial, legal, health care, insurance, clinical trial, prevention, support group, and other community resources.
Stories
The people behind the work.
In their words
"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice." - Bob Marley
"This is just a chapter, not the whole story" - Alison Cusmano
"I am a warrior - one day at a time." - Sucheta Kohli
Ways to help
Concrete needs and volunteer roles Stronger Than Cancer has shared.
Current needs
- Quality items and materials for comfort care kits
- Handmade crochet items, blankets, bracelets, and encouragement cards
- Volunteer support for events, digital projects, outreach, and fundraising
Volunteer opportunities
- Make encouragement cards
- Make bracelets
- Make blankets
- Create crafts and comfort items
- Support community events
- Organize outreach programs
- Participate in fundraising
- Support breast cancer awareness activities
- Help with digital projects
- Join or start a local chapter
Recognition & press
Awards & recognition
- Presidential Volunteer Service Award, received by Anshika Goyal through Vibha in 2024
Partners & funders
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this nonprofit and how its work happens.
What is included in a Stronger Than Cancer comfort care kit?
A kit may include cozy blankets, fuzzy socks, scarves, headbands, comfort accessories, and self-care items such as lotion and lip balm. Youth volunteers also make encouragement cards and bracelets, and kits may include educational materials from cancer organizations. Items can vary based on patient needs.
Who can request a comfort care kit?
Anyone facing breast cancer can request a free care kit for themselves or for a friend or family member going through cancer treatment.
How are comfort care kits prepared?
Volunteers collect quality items, carefully assemble each kit, add handwritten notes of hope, and deliver the kits through hospital, nonprofit, and community partnerships.
Where does Stronger Than Cancer deliver care kits?
Stronger Than Cancer serves hospitals, nonprofits, and individual patients across Texas and beyond. Its listed partnerships include locations in Texas and California, along with communities connected through nationwide partnerships.
How can someone start a Stronger Than Cancer chapter?
People can complete the chapter sign-up form to start a local chapter and lead cancer awareness, patient support, and community service activities in their area.
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