H. is a proud, hardworking widow, not accustomed to asking for help despite the difficult life she’s led. She was orphaned at the age of 5 and raised by a string of abusive foster parents. When she was 29, her husband was killed in a car accident, leaving her to raise...
In 2014, the Lemonade Fund received our first application from a young man. About 1% of breast cancer cases occur in men. S was a young man in his early 30s and was suffering from a recurrence of an earlier bout with breast cancer. The disease was aggressive and had...
Soon after I made aliya I had a son out of wedlock. My son’s father disappeared soon after and I was left alone to raise him in a new country. I believe from all of the stress I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years later and had to stop working because of the...
"When I received the difficult news that I had a serious disease, I was absolutely devastated. My entire world collapsed. After the initial shock, I understood that there was hope, and that it was up to me to fight a difficult war which I had no choice but to win. I...
F. is a 50 year old woman from central Israel. She has not had an easy life. For years she’s been the family breadwinner. Her husband is unemployed and her son is on 100% disability from schizophrenia. She worked 13-hour days cleaning offices, until she was diagnosed...
B. is a 49 year old divorced mother of three. She was diagnosed with breast cancer soon after declaring bankruptcy of her small business. She works in temporary jobs to repay her debts while trying to make ends meet. But since starting chemotherapy, she has not been...