‘We are still here’: Cancer Connection offers phone, online support during difficult time

By Steve Pfarrer, Staff Writer, Daily Hampshire Gazette
Published: 4/23/2020 9:01:02 AM

The Daily Hampshire Gazette spoke with Cancer Connection’s Executive Director, Beverly Herbert, and Sheila Kelley, Cancer Connection’s Director of Participant Services, about how Cancer Connection is continuing to support our community through these challenging times.

As as deadly as it has been, COVID-19 doesn’t have the historical track record of what has consistently been America’s second leading cause of death: cancer.

Yet the novel coronavirus has certainly made matters more difficult for people struggling with cancer and for their families and caregivers. Aside from the heightened risk they face of being infected from exposure to the virus, many cancer patients now find themselves isolated at home, separated from friends and others they rely on for emotional support during a difficult time.