An Overview of Sharsheret’s Programs and Services
For Women Facing Breast Cancer
For Women Living With Advanced Breast Cancer
For Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer
For Family Members and Friends
For Health Care Professionals
For Jewish Community Leaders

 

In response to the needs of the women we serve, Sharsheret now offers the following programs and services:

• The Link Program, a peer support network connecting women newly diagnosed or at high risk of developing breast cancer with others who share similar diagnoses and experiences.  
• Education and Outreach Programs, including community outreach events in private homes as well as health care symposia addressing the concerns of Jewish women facing breast cancer. Recent events addressed the subjects of breast cancer and fertility, parenting during breast cancer, breast cancer genetics, and survivorship.
• Quality of Life Programs, including the Busy Box for young parents facing cancer, Best Face Forward, a program to address the cosmetic side effects of treatment, Empower for single Jewish women facing breast cancer, and Embrace for women living with advanced breast cancer.  
• Genetics for Life, a program focusing on the issues related to hereditary breast cancer and offering resources, information, and individualized genetic counseling support to Jewish women diagnosed with breast cancer and for those at risk due to their strong family history of breast or ovarian cancer. 
• Sharsheret Forum, an online message board for Jewish women facing breast cancer, their family members, and caregivers. 
• Family Focus, a program offering resource materials and the "Ask Sharsheret" phone line to guide family members and caregivers through treatment and beyond.
• Sharsheret Booklet Series, designed to raise awareness about issues many Jewish women face in their fight against breast cancer. Booklets in the series include: Facing Breast Cancer as a Jewish Woman, Facing Breast Cancer as an Orthodox Jewish Woman, and Breast Cancer Genetics and the Jewish Woman.  
• Sharsheret Supports, a national model for local support groups offering facilitator training and resources to assist in beginning and sustaining a culturally-sensitive breast cancer support group.
• Health Information about breast health and the genetic risks of breast and ovarian cancer for Jewish women.  
• Resource Information on a wide range of topics for women facing breast cancer and their families, available in print and on our website.  
• Sharsheret on Campus outreach to college and university students nationwide to raise awareness about breast health.  

For more information about how Sharsheret can help, click below:
 
For Women Facing Breast Cancer
For Women Living With Advanced Breast Cancer
For Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer
For Family Members and Friends
For Health Care Professionals
For Jewish Community Leaders

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