Hi folks;
I'm listing this here FYI. I don't "vouch" for any of it, but thought it might be good to pass along to you.
Bruce, 4th ventricle surgery & radiation, '95
Welcome To The Brain Tumor Tool Chest !
Discounted Or Free Air Transportation
Free Airline tickets
A) Corporate Angel Network Click Here
Provides free air transportation for cancer patients travelling to or from
recognized treatment centers in the United States, without regard to their
financial resources.
B) Airlifeline Click Here
Airlifeline pilots assist ambulatory patients who must receive
life-sustaining treatment at a medical facility far from home and cannot
afford the cost of travel.
C) Aircare Click Here
Alliance and the National Patient Air Transport Helpline (NPATH)
Using their own time and general aviation aircraft, pilot members of these
organizations help patients travel to medical facilities when financial need
or other compelling circumstances would prevent them from doing so otherwise.
D) Dreamline Click Here
Our mission is to provide free airline / vacation travel for children
currently undergoing and/or recovering from a brain tumor, cancer, or
leukemia. Founded in August of 1998 by Robert A. Iverson, Jr., our program
is underwritten by individual and corporate sponsors who donate
frequent-flyer mileage, airline perks, discount coupons, travel vouchers,
special services, and cash contributions.
Cancer Fund of America- Provides all FREE basic living needs, shampoo, candy, toys, clothes, advil, box floor fan and many, many other items. Click Here
For post-resection shaved heads, at least some chapters of American Cancer Society invite patients to choose from their collection of wigs, without charge. (My chapter did not care when I told them I didn't really have cancer because my tumor was benign.)
Compassion Partners-Provides FREE tickets to any of the amusement parks, such as Disney, Seaworld,Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Epcot. Must have "terminal" or "life threatening" illness verified by your doctor. The number to call is 407-396-1114. The lady you need to talk to concerning these free tickets is Donna.
Bellsouth also offers approx. $12.00 off of your phone bill per month if you are on medicaid. (if you live where there is another phone company check in there, they most likely have a similar program available.
Tim and Tom Gullikson Scholarship Foundation will give scholarships to children whose parent/parents have(or had) a brain tumor.
Crossing the finishline.org Will give FREE 1 week all expense paid to those with a diagnosis of cancer and their caregiver. Needs verification by doctor. Children allowed if feasible. Click Here
Open to those only in the states of PA, NJ and DE. Must be between the ages of 18-50 years.
Sites about the end of life stages and the dying process:
This one is from a BT perspective
A Lame Brain
Crossing The Creek