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Developed in response to the global pandemic, and adopted as an ongoing program in 2023, the NNECOS Board of Directors, through the NNECOS Philanthropy Task Force, is pleased to offer two emergency need programs designed to bring help to patients with cancer who are facing extra need during their active treatment.  

2023 Awards 







Gas/Grocery Cards:

  • Memorial Hospital Oncology - North Conway, NH
  • Elliot Regional Cancer Center - Manchester, NH


2023 Funding Available Now!


   
Purpose: To support the emergency needs of patients with cancer in Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont).

Criteria:

  • Grant funds are directed to a non-profit organization, not an individual.

  • Submitting organizations must be a 501(c)3 and have the infrastructure in place to provide much-needed emergency assistance to patients.
  • Recipients must be hematology/oncology patients under active treatment or receiving palliative care services as they approach hospice (not intended for long-term survivors who are not in active treatment).
  • Funds shall NOT apply to any per-patient annual assistance cap.
  • Reporting requirements apply. 


Rolling Application:  

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NNECOS-COVID

  • Applications received by the end of the month will be considered during that monthly review period.
  • Awards will be made by the 15th of the following month

Evaluation: Rubric

Limits:

  • Efforts will be made to distribute grant funds across northern New England
  • Organizations are eligible to apply once annually.*
    • *If funds remain in the 4th quarter, past recipients will be invited to reapply.
    • Pilot program grant recipients are eligible to apply upon program launch.

Reporting:

A report providing an accounting of the utilization of funds is due no later than 60 days after the grant award is made, with subsequent reporting each 30 days for remaining funds. The inclusion of vignettes/stories that could be shared with the NNECOS community is strongly encouraged.

Purpose: To support the emergency needs of patients with cancer in Northern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont).

Criteria:

  • Clinic/Practice without affiliated 501(c)3
  • Champion at organization required to take responsibility for card distribution
  • Documented accountability procedures/protocols
  • Recipients must be hematology/oncology patients under active treatment or receiving palliative care services as they approach hospice (not intended for long-term survivors who are not in active treatment).
  • Reporting per terms.



Rolling Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NNECOS-GROCERY-GAS

  • Applications received by the end of the month will be considered during that monthly review period.
  • Awards will be made by the 15th of the following month
Evaluation: Rubric

Limits: 100 cards per site maximum per year

Process:
  • NNECOS purchase directly
  • NNECOS provides to clinic in sealed envelopes with a note about gift from NNECOS
  • Clinic champion tracks and is accountable to NNECOS via monthly reporting


Reporting:

Champion provides regular reporting to NNECOS.
  




NNECOS is pleased to announce the awarding of a $3,000 matching grant to the UVM Medical Center Radiation Oncology Patient Fund. An innovative application of a NNECOS Cancer Community Support Emergency Need Grant, NNECOS matched the first $3,000 raised during the UVM Medical Center Radiation Oncology staff holiday fundraiser in support of their patient fund, doubling the impact of their efforts to reduce barriers to patients' care.


2022 Awards

Gas & Grocery Cards

  • Weeks Medical Oncology - Lancaster, NH
  • Maine Medical Center - Scarborough, ME
  • Memorial Hospital - MaineHealth in North Conway, NH
  • Norris Cotton Cancer Center - Kingsbury Pavilion - Keene, NH
  • Elliot Regional Cancer Center - Londonderry, NH
  • Maine Health - South Portland, ME

Emergency Need Grants

  • UVM Medical Center Radiation Oncology Patient Fund - Matching Grant (VT)
  • Maine Health Cancer Care Network (ME)
  • Cancer Patient Support Foundation of Vermont (VT)
  • Vermont Cancer Survivor Network (VT)
  • Foundation4Love (ME)
  • Pink Revolution Breast Cancer Alliance (NH)

2021 Awards

The Emergency-Need Grant and Grocery/Gas Card Programs continued to reach patients experiencing unprecedented need facing a cancer diagnosis during a global pandemic. This calendar year, NNECOS has awarded $6,000 in grocery/gas cards, and $27,000 in emergency need grants. We are thrilled to have provided support to patients in partnership with the following centers/foundations: 

Emergency Grants
  • Foley Cancer Center at Rutland Regional Medical Center in Rutland, VT
  • Concord Hospital Trust at Payson Center for Cancer Care in Concord, NH
  • Southwestern Vermont Regional Cancer Center Patient Assistance Fund (VT)
  • St. Mary's Regional Medical Center – St. Mary’s Foundation (ME)
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Bone Marrow Transplant and CAR T-Cell program Patient Emergency Fund (NH)
  • Radiation Center of Greater Nashua Patient Assistance Fund (NH)
  • Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine (ME)
  • Cancer Patient Support Foundation of Vermont (VT)
  • The Center for Cancer Care at Exeter Hospital – Beyond the Rainbow (NH)

Gas & Grocery Cards

  • Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, ME
  • Elliot Regional Cancer Center in Londonderry, NH 
  • Central Vermont Medical Center (VT)
  • Vermont Cancer Survivor Network (VT)



Northern New England Clinical Oncology Society
P.O. Box 643
Sandown, NH 03873-0643
Telephone (603) 887-1948
info@nnecos.org

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