Handmade bags with educational and encouraging items inside given to newly diagnosed women or men who live or work in Champaign County.

Offers financial assistance to cancer patients and their families, including transportation, prescription, and financial assistance, medical and nutrition supplies, and specialized clothing/wigs.

Support, guidance and comfort to cancer patients and their caregivers. Offers counseling consultation, support and education, resource library, healing/wellneess therapies, nutritional programs, support groups, brand-new wigs and a beauty program.wig bank, and a beauty program.

Helps women undergoing cancer treatment to cope with the appearance-related side effects of treatment and to regain a sense of self-confidence and control over their lives. Education, information and support are provided in group sessions at various locations. Volunteer cosmetologists teach make-up techniques and provide complimentary cosmetics and skin care products. Use of wigs, turbans, scarves and other accessories is also taught. Participants are given a make-up kit with new cosmetics to take home.

Offers a 2 hour, hands on workshop which includes instruction on options relating to hair loss, including wigs (types/care), turbans, and scarves, nail care, helpful suggestions on clothing and ways to use flattering colors and shapes, as well as ways to camouflage areas of concern during cancer treatment. Each patient participating in a group workshop receives a free kit of cosmetics, donated by the cosmetic industry, to use as tools to learn techniques during the program and take home. A group program typically includes 6 to 10 patients and several volunteer licensed beauty professionals who conduct the workshop.

Provides assistance to women who have been treated for cancer with choosing a wig, hats, and scarves.