FRIENDS OF MEL FOUNDATION INC
EIN 45-0541216 · Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
What they do
PRESENTLY, THE ORGANIZATION AIMS to SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATE CANCER PATIENTS and THEIR CAREGIVERS VIA RESOURCES and CONFERENCES. THE GOAL is to PROVIDE SURVIVORS WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED to NAVIGATE THEIR CANCER JOURNEY. THE ORGANIZATION is COLLABORATING WITH OTHER NON-PROFITS to DEVELOP A CURRICULUM for THEIR ANNUAL CONFERENCE. THE AIM is to PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP THEM MANAGE THEIR LIVES DURING and AFTER CANCER TREATMENT. THE ORGANIZATION is MOST WIDELY KNOWN IN THE COMMUNITY for THE DISTRIBUTION of MELS BRACELETS. MEL WAS A BOSTON BASED FLIGHT ATTENDANT for DELTA AIR LINES for 38 YEARS. MEL DELIGHTED IN GIVING BRACELETS AS GIFTS to THE PEOPLE SHE MET WHILE RECEIVING TREAMENT, to THE ONCOLOGY NURSES, to THE FELLOW PATIENTS or to WHOMEVER SHE WISHED. MELS BRACELET is GIFTED AS A TOKEN of APPRECIATION to DONORS for THEIR LOYAL SUPPORT. DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED ON THE WEBSITE, RETAIL OUTLETS and UPON REQUEST. PROCEEDS FROM THIS ACTIVITY HAVE PROVIDED THE M
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About this charity
- Location
- POST OFFICE BOX 507, ROCKLAND, MA 02370
- County
- Plymouth
- In care of
- PAULINE ALIGHIERI