The Ellen Hermanson Foundation announced today that it awarded $326,000 to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital in 2019...

Community News, February 6

Southampton Press
February 6, 2020

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The Ellen Hermanson Foundation announced today that it awarded $326,000 to Stony Brook Southampton Hospital in 2019, including the latest grant of $251,000 on December 17 and $75,000 in April 2019. The funding benefits the Ellen Hermanson Breast Center; Ellen’s Well, a program that provides psychosocial support to breast and gynecological cancer survivors; and the Pink Shawl Project, an outreach program providing screenings and education at the Shinnecock Indian Health Clinic.

“When we started Ellen’s Run in 1996,” said Julie Ratner, president of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation, “we decided to always keep the money we raise on the East End, where the incidence of breast cancer is among the highest in New York State and the need of the underserved community is great. Today—as we embark on our 25th year—the funds we have raised provide advanced technology and equipment and a comprehensive range of free direct services that make a real impact on the lives of women and families in our community. In keeping with the Foundation’s core value—that access to health care is a human right—no one is turned away from The Ellen Hermanson Breast Centers due to inability to pay.”

Original article: https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/community-news-february-6-2-1675621/

From left: Anne Tschida Gomberg, Executive Director, The Ellen Hermanson Foundation; Edna Kapenhas, MD, Director of Breast Surgery and Medical Director of The Ellen Hermanson Breast Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital; Julie Ratner, co-founder and chairwoman of The Ellen Hermanson Foundation; and Robert Chaloner, Chief Administrative Officer, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.
Photograph credit: Rachel Siford for Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.