How to Help… When You Can’t

Woman looking concerned and speechless listening to someone on the phone

We all know how it feels when someone we are talking with is not really listening. A person with a cancer diagnosis needs to have a safe space to share thoughts and emotions, without feeling judged or diminished.

Cayuga Health Affiliation

Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes logo and Cayuga Health logo with "Affiliate" beneath

The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes (CRC) is pleased to announce we have entered into an agreement to become an affiliate of the Cayuga Health System (CHS).

Art and Cancer

Art and Cancer: A Collaborative Mail Art Exhibition in Geneva, New York on February 17th, 2024.

Event Cancellation

Today’s Volunteer Appreciation event is postponed due to the Winter Storm Warning in Tompkins County from 2-9pm. Stay tuned for more details.

CLSK Punch & Kick-a-Thon 2023

We hope you can join us on Thursday, March 30th from 6-8PM at Cayuga Lake Seido Karate for their first annual Punch & Kick-a-Thon since Covid!

Protecting New Yorkers from Medical Debt

Medical debt is a crushing burden for New Yorkers. More than half of New Yorkers struggle to pay medical bills, and 1 in 20 go into medical debt—discouraging individuals from seeking needed care and threatening their financial health and ability to build wealth. Between 2015 and 2020, more than 53,000 patients in New York were […]

A Peek into the Boutique

Hi! My name is Carla Baudrons, I’m one of the newbies here at CRC, and one of the many things I get to do is serve folks in our boutique. The Emily Virkler Boutique is named for a former client of ours who sadly passed from brain cancer in 2017. Because of her family’s generous funding and your continued support, we’re able to provide people experiencing cancer with free items such as wigs, hats and scarves of all kinds, mastectomy products like surgical bras, breast prostheses, and mastectomy bras, and more.