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On Saturday, August 15th, CMC was honored to be part of the Allen Temple 38th Annual Holistic Health Fair. Our fabulous CMC volunteer massage therapists provided free chair massages. “The Allen Temple Baptist Church Health Education Committee hosted their 38th Annual Health Fair in collaboration with over ninety community organizations. For the past several years the economic crisis […]

KINeSYS sunscreen has been generously donated for CMC’s upcoming Support Strokes event in October!! Jeff Ketter, founder of KINeSYS has created a new kind of “performance” sunscreen that provides high UV protection, is easy to apply and gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin. The same suncare technology provided to elite athletes is now

A big THANK YOU to the Avon Foundation and all the wonderful walkers in the AVON39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer for another year of incredible support and partnership! We received TWO grants totaling $175,000 to provide integrative medical services including acupuncture, Chinese herbs, massage therapy and homeopathy and safety net support services for

For the 15th year in a row, Jenn Procopio and her incredible volunteers from Marin Brewing Company and Moylan’s Brewing have put on another fabulous event for our clinic! The Breastfest Beer Festival is CMC’s largest annual fundraiser. Our gratitude knows no bounds and we are continually in awe of their annual commitment to our organization. The Breastfest

Welcome to our newest volunteers from the June 2015 training! Pictured: Joanne, Kirsten, Megan, Shel, Hope, Lori, Teresa, Jet, Rachel, Karen, Kat, Ximena, Jane, Len, Elena, Anh, Summer, Eileen and Julia.   Every quarter we hold a two day training and are blessed with a great group of women with diverse backgrounds who work directly

Avocados offer nearly 20 vitamins and minerals in every serving, including potassium (which helps control blood pressure), lutein (which is good for your eyes), and folate (which is crucial for cell repair and during pregnancy). Avocados are a good source of B vitamins, which help you fight off disease and infection. They also give you

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

The tally is in from yesterday’s East Bay Gives fundraising campaign and we are jumping up and down! We received 126 donations totaling $13,358, PLUS we won 2 hourly prizes from the East Bay Community Foundation for $5,750, bringing our daily total to $19,108! Our wonderful matching funds donor was so excited, she gave us

Today, from 12:00am to 11:59pm, Tuesday, May 5th, the East Bay Community Foundation is leading a campaign called “East Bay Gives.” During that 24 hour period we are asking all our friends, families and co-workers to support CMC. Why today? Here’s why: 1. We have an anonymous matching gift for up to $20,000!! For every dollar that gets donated during

CMC’s Remembrance and Celebration of Life event is our annual celebration of the CMC community and remembrance of the women in our community who we love and cherish, who have passed away. In carrying on this tradition, we hope to strengthen our ability to offer care, compassion and healing relief to everyone who participates in