Our work
Grocery Brigade
This service is for immunocompromised individuals and their loved ones who need to limit their exposure to the community.
Groceries are hand selected for each particular family, packaged and brought to the family’s doorstep, always following social distancing and contactless delivery recommendations.
Nutrition Stations
Pop-up:
In this Farmer’s Market style environment, individuals and families select their own perishable and non-perishable foods. Food selection includes everything from fresh fruits and vegetables, spices and meats to basic household essentials.
Replication:
We assist organizations with the creation of scalable, sustainable open-access nutrition stations in places where services are directly provided to cancer patients. We provide logistical and program development support based on your organization's goals, available space and anticipated need.
Admission Kits
CFFEIM has partnered local children’s hospitals to offer ready to use personal care kits for children and parents coming into the hospital for an unexpected stay without essential personal items such as toothbrush, skin care products and a light snack.
Holiday Bundles
During Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday seasons we work to bring the magic of the holidays to families in need.
For Thanksgiving with partner with community organizations to create a ready to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, including a turkey and wrap this offering of groceries.
For our Winter Bundle sharing, we seek to provide groceries to prepare a festive holiday meal as well as those needed routinely while adding in individualized gifts and special treats.
Cards For Caregivers
CFFEIM recognizes that a cancer diagnosis not only affects the person with the diagnosis but also those who love them. In July of 2024, we created a program to give care to the caregivers. Through our own experiences we recognized the high cost of being present during a hospitalization of a loved one. Cost for parking, your own food and lost wages can add up quickly. CFFEIM wanted to step into this gap by offering a hand to loved ones staying by the bedside of their loved one overnight. We created Cards for
Caregivers, so that 24 family members staying at bedside within a local cancer center could obtain a nutritious meal for themselves while incurring no additional financial burden. On a monthly basis CFFEIM provides 24 gift cards, each a $25.00 value, so that family members staying overnight with someone who might be hospitalized for a particular treatment, onset of new symptoms could obtain a personalized, high-quality meal of their choosing.
