The Promise Continues!
Save the Date of October 24th for our 2024 Gala at the Syracuse OnCenter
Laurie Mezzalingua
1968-2009
Founder
![Laurie Mezzalingua headshot.](https://www.saintagathafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Saint-Agatha-Foundation-Laurie-Mezzalingua-Hero-1024x939.jpg)
Laurie Mezzalingua
1968-2009
Founder
Helping those who cannot afford their illness.
“It breaks my heart to see women dealing with not only the emotional and medical piece of breast cancer, but also the financial stress.”
![Laurie Mezzalingua signature.](https://www.saintagathafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Image-1@2x.jpg)
![Another headshot of Laurie Mezzalingua.](https://www.saintagathafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Laurie-Mezzalingua-Headshot-Photograph-1024x996.jpg)
What Our Funding Covers
The Foundation partners with hospitals and healthcare providers to pay for a wide range of breast cancer treatment and recovery-related costs including:
Treatment, procedures,
or testing
Alternative treatments
not covered
by insurance
Prescription
co-payments
Breast
reconstruction
Medications
not covered
by insurance
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