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WomenCARE

General Agency Information
Name: WomenCARE
Address: 104 Walnut Ave., Ste 208
Santa Cruz,  CA  95060
Driving Directions
Contact Information
Primary Phone: 831-423-9444
Email: office@womencaresantacruz.org
Website: http://www.womencaresantacruz.org/
Details
Description: WomenCARE is a community of women, which provides advocacy, resources, education and support to all women with cancer, their families, friends and health practitioners throughout diagnosis, healing, surviving or dying. WomenCARE is directed and led primarily by women with cancer or a cancer history. WomenCARE helps women to explore diagnostic and treatment choices from worldwide and multicultural options using information and common sense. We honor and respect a woman's individual decisions.

ELIGIBILITY: Women with any kind of cancer, their friends & family.
Volunteer Info: Minimum Age: 18. We offer opportunities for volunteers to assist with practical support such as driving and light cleaning for clients, office functions, special projects, and fund raising events. We also welcome bi-lingual volunteers for special projects. Contact LaVerne Coleman volunteer@womencaresantacruz.org.
Languages other than English: Spanish
Accommodations for Disabled Persons: Parking & Wheelchair Access
Public Transportation: Available Within One Block
Eligibility: See Description Notes
Fees: None
Areas Served: Santa Cruz County
Physical Location: Santa Cruz
Funding Source: Donations
Fundraising
Grants
Officials/Contact Persons
Officials: LaVerne Coleman
Assistant Program Director, Volunteer Services

Chila Correa
Assistant Program Director, Entre Nosotras

Janette Waters
Assistant Program Director, Administrative Service
Subject Headings
Subject Headings: Advocacy
Breast Cancer
Cancer
Health Education
Health Related Support Groups
Individual Counseling
Information and Referral
Mutual Support Groups
Peer Counseling
Private Nonprofits
Speakers/Speakers Bureaus
Special Library Collections
Volunteer Opportunities
Workshops
This agency was last updated on March 8, 2018.