Our dear friend Eileen Hansen passed away on April 29th. Our hearts and heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends. Eileen was a strong, clear, extremely intelligent, kind, compassionate human being. She was an amazing woman and long time tenacious activist. Eileen worked tirelessly helping people figure out how to consciously balance integrity, efficiency…

To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, a volunteer-based nonprofit organization whose goal is to ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone, distributed their 2015 grant awards totaling $300,000 to 16 Bay Area nonprofit organizations. CMC was thrilled to be one of their organizations and proud to be part of the To Celebrate Life family! TCLBCF has been supporting CMC integrative…

Welcome to our newest volunteers from the March 2016 training! Pictured: (back L to R) Danya, Dominique, Michelle, Catherine, Adriana, Xiaojing, Sariah; (mid L to R) Betty, Iliana, Luanda, Samara; (front L to R) Lindsey, Carolyn, Kimberly, Mylene, Maggie (not pictured: Minna)   Every quarter we hold a two-day training and are blessed with a…

Our wonderful friends at the Ceres Project have launched their Healing Meals program and CMC is one of their first clients! Youth from Alameda Point Collaborative prepare healthy, tasty, balanced meals for our CMC clients, which is a huge support to our clinic food program. Thank you Ceres and all the incredible teen chefs at…

2016 is CMC’s 25th anniversary!  We are proud and honored to have had 25 incredible years providing integrative cancer care and supportive services for Bay Area underserved women living with cancer. After securing a license as a California free clinic, attaining 501(c)(3) non-profit status and hiring the first staff member, CMC officially opened on November 23,…

TOGETHER, WE’VE DONE SO MUCH IN 2015! Now we need your help with our year-end campaign to get ready for 2016. Our Charlotte Maxwell Clinic is a safe place where women can go, free of charge, and receive care and support for them and their families. They will be able to receive acupuncture treatments to help…

Welcome to our newest volunteers from the November 2015 training! Pictured: Vivian, Samantha, Sarah, Piper, Francesca, Allison, yvonne (our new Social Services Resource Manager), Gabriella (Medical Director), Ashley, Danya, Clara, Katie, Diane, Esther and Judith. Every quarter we hold a two-day training and are blessed with a great group of women with diverse backgrounds who…

A huge THANK YOU to RiDE Oakland for picking CMC as their October charity and raising $4,700 for us!! We are so grateful to be part of their community! RiDE Oakland offers a 50 minute indoor-cycling class every Friday as 12 noon that is FREE to you with an optional donation to their chosen local…

Support the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic with a non-pink purchase during Breast Cancer Awareness month! For the month of October, local jewelry artisan, Cheryl Rowe of Bellacarisma, will donate $10 on every purchase. And as an added bonus, free shipping is available for the earrings, necklace and bracelet in the special “Charlotte” collection (pictured here.) Shop Today!

Welcome to our newest volunteers from the August 2015 training! Pictured: Joanne, Kattt, Yolanda, Reed, Gloria, Mini, Virginia, Melanie, Cynthia, Dominique, Kaila, Nicole, Mia and Rosemary. Every quarter we hold a two day training and are blessed with a great group of women with diverse backgrounds who work directly with our clients. This training, we…