The Caring Community Foundation, Inc.'s Pay-it-Forward Project has been chosen as a 2008 grant recipient in the amount of $40,000 from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, NC Triangle Affiliate.  The Pay-it-Forward project provides financial assistance to local breast cancer patients in need and is staffed completely by volunteers. The acceptance letter from the Grants Committee of the NC Triangle Affiliate shared that the Pay-It-Forward project was efficient, targeted, and simple while addressing a much-needed service. This year, Komen is funding 24 programs, for a total of more than $1.2 million!  Grant proposals were reviewed by an independent panel of health care providers and survivor advocates.   CCF is very proud to be a recipient of one of the STEP grants awarded this year. 

The Pay-It-Forward project of the Caring Community Foundation is an annual event that raises funds to assist local cancer patients in need.  100% of the funds are utilized to provide assistance with expenses such as rent, utilities, food, prescription medications, nutritional supplements and other items that become even more difficult to manage in the face of cancer treatment. Receiving the $40,000 STEP Grant will advance the mission of the Caring Community Foundation’s Pay-It-Forward Project even further.  In six years, CCF has raised more than $550,000 and assisted 497 patients!

The NC Triangle Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, solicits grant proposals for innovative programs in the areas of breast health and breast cancer education, treatment support, screening and post-diagnosis programs targeting services not otherwise available to medically underserved populations of the Affiliate service area.  In 2007, more than $830,000 was awarded through the STEP Grant program supporting Screening, Treatment, Education, and Post-diagnosis programs.

About The Caring Community Foundation, Inc.

The Caring Community Foundation is a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that provides financial assistance to cancer patients in need throughout Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and the surrounding area.  The Foundation was created by a Cary cancer survivor, and is run entirely by volunteers. The aim of the Foundation is to expeditiously disburse funds and assistance through local clinics and hospitals, and help patients and their families with rent, utilities, groceries, medicines and other expenses that become more difficult to manage in the face of cancer treatment.  The work of the Foundation has been featured in People Magazine, Cary Magazine, The Cary News, The Raleigh News and Observer, The Raleigh Downtowner, and The Washington Post.  To learn more about The Caring Community Foundation, please visit www.caringcommunityfoundation.org .

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