The Ellen Hermanson Foundation recently announced that it awarded $360,000 in grants for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Recipients include Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, The Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, OLA (Organización Latino-Americana) of Eastern Long Island, The Retreat and the Shinnecock Health Center. Administered in partnership with the Southampton Hospital Foundation in coordination with the Phillips Family Cancer Center, the grants benefit the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and regional satellites, as well as Ellen’s Well, a program that provides psychosocial support to breast and gynecological cancer patients.
“In addition to providing funding for key staff and advanced technology at The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center, we are thrilled to continue our support of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation Community Partnership with our sister organizations. Now in our second year of the collaboration, we are pleased to be reaching more women who have historically been on the fringes of access to medical care — the uninsured, the underinsured, the undocumented, and anyone who needs support after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis,” said Julie Ratner, co-founder and board president of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation. “Guided by our mission to ensure access to quality breast health care and by our core belief that health care is a human right, no one is turned away from the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center for lack of insurance or inability to pay for screenings or treatment.”
In December 2022 the Board approved a grant for The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital to provide a salary stipend for the Ellen’s Well licensed clinical social worker, who provides group and individual therapy. The grant will also support the center’s technology fund, with monies earmarked for a new tomosynthesis mammography machine, as well as provide a salary stipend for a nurse practitioner performing community outreach, writing screening prescriptions and following patients in their breast health care; a salary stipend for an oncology nurse patient navigator and help fund emergency fund for breast screenings and diagnostic procedures. Lastly, it supports Ellen’s Well micro-grants for transportation and social services to be distributed by the patient navigator.
The Shinnecock Health Center earned a grant to fund the Pink Shawl Program for outreach and social assistance for breast health care, as well as micro-grants for transportation and social assistance for breast cancer patients.
The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center has been provided funding for a bilingual licensed clinical social worker and outreach worker, for micro-grants for social assistance for breast cancer patients and for underwriting for an educational community forum about breast cancer, It also earned funding for breast health projects with the Latina Sistas and the Witness Project of Long Island.
OLA (Organización Latino-Americana) of Eastern Long Island was offered grant assistance to provide funding for bilingual outreach and micro-grants for social assistance for breast cancer patients.
The Retreat was funded to provide funding for bilingual outreach and micro-grants for social assistance for breast cancer patients.
“Under the leadership of Medical Director Dr. Edna Kapenhas, the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center is committed to providing the most advanced technology and compassionate care available in a community hospital setting,” said Dr. Ratner.
Staff Writer on Feb 6, 2023