Betty Segal, a volunteer at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic for over two decades, passed on April 14th at the age of 75. During her tenure, Betty wore many hats, including her work with massage, creating a lymphedema program, creating an annual memorial for clients who had passed, and coordinating our In-Home Comfort Care program. Betty’s sweet,…

In August, we’re celebrating a generous match from one of CMC’s long-term supporters. Every dollar you donate will be matched, up to $15,000 through the end of the month. Over and over, we hear the same thing from our clients: “(name of hospital) is curing my cancer, but Charlotte Maxwell Clinic is where my healing…

A new clinic manager and volunteer and community engagement manager joined our team in early 2022, filling positions that had become vacant during the pandemic. Since then, we’ve increased the number of new client intakes and orientations, implemented a texting service to support scheduling client appointments, revised clinic policies and procedures, and cross- trained staff…

CMC has always tracked evidence and research on using acupuncture to relieve lymphedema symptoms. Our trained integrative cancer care practitioners have successfully used acupuncture for many years for our lymphedema clients, with a perfect safety record. Lymphedema is a distressing life-long condition affecting thousands of breast cancer patients.  This condition often occurs after radiation therapy or…

August 14, 2020 is Health Center Staff Appreciation Day!  Because of the diligent work of our fabulous staff and volunteers, CMC has been providing high quality, compassionate integrative care, free of charge, to low-income women with cancer for almost 30 years. On this day, we recognize all the staff and volunteers throughout our history who have made CMC what is it is today. …

For the 16th year in a row, Jenn Procopio and her incredible volunteers from Marin Brewing Company and Moylan’s Brewing are putting on another fabulous fundraiser for our clinic! The Breastfest Beer Festival is Charlotte Maxwell Clinic’s largest annual fundraiser. Over $500,000 has been raised over the past 15 years. The Breastfest was inspired by…