Hidden travel costs are often overlooked when people think about the challenges of childhood cancer, but they can place enormous strain on families already facing one of the most difficult experiences of their lives.
No patient or family facing cancer should ever have to worry about putting food on their table, yet an increasing number are forced to choose between essential household needs such as groceries and the cost of cancer treatment.
August is Make-A-Will Month. If you have a house, a car, savings, kids, or even a pet you’d want cared for, you already have an estate worth protecting.
Since 2014, the Clarkston Lacrosse community has embraced the mission of New Day as an extension of their own community’s belief in ohana, a concept that means no one is alone.
Avoiding cancer-related financial toxicity through early financial intervention can both improve treatment outcomes and long term stability for cancer patients and their families.
Cancer patients who receive emotional support as part of their treatment plan are more compliant, more consistent and have a better quality of life.
In honor of Brain Cancer Awareness Month, we’re reflecting on the miraculous story of our co-founder’s son, Sam Kell, a young survivor of grade IV glioblastoma (an aggressive form of brain cancer). Sam was diagnosed in 2015 at the age of 14, as a high school freshman.
We need each other. At a time when it can seem like we, as a state, have very little in common, it just takes a little conversation to realize that one thing is affecting everyone: Higher prices.
March is National Social Worker Month – time to recognize the vital support and services that these individuals provide to New Day families. Meet Jennifer Rader, LMSW-Clinical, an oncology social worker at Karmanos McLaren Port Huron.
Six metro Detroit organizations collaborated to restore heat to a family’s home this winter while both parents struggled to keep up with work on top of caring for their family of six in the face of their son’s cancer.