News & Events
CMC Welcomes New Volunteers
On October 21st, CMC had a robust turnout for its 5th and final volunteer training event for the year. A total of 17 new volunteers specializing in a variety of modalities, from lymphatic massage, reiki, nutrition, yoga, acupuncture, and more to human resources and video
Clinic Update – March 2023
CLINIC UPDATE: VACCINE VERIFICATION CHANGES AT CMC Effective Friday, April 14, 2023, we will no longer require vaccination or check the vaccination status of those entering the Charlotte Maxwell Clinic (CMC). We want to emphasize this is not a relaxing of our standards. It is
Clinic Update – February 2023
Happy New Year! Sun Nin Fai Lok! 新年快樂 ~~~ As we begin 2023 and the new lunar year, we look forward to the year of the Water Rabbit and we wish you all a year full of hope, peace and prosperity! CLINICAL SERVICES We
Be Informed, Be Empowered!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but breast cancer doesn’t stop as the seasons change. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the world. It is estimated that more than 2.2 million new cases of breast cancer occurred among women worldwide in
Melbra’s Message
Healing and wellness are the foundational focus of what CMC offers. I am continually inspired by the dedication of everyone who has been a part of the CMC community over the past 30 years. But we are not done, and I am happy to report
Clinic Update – September 2022
“Charlotte Maxwell has compassion that is felt – and the women-centered environment feels healing, and right.” CMC client, 8/2022 CLINICAL SERVICES We are excited to see so many wonderful volunteers and clients in the clinic regularly! Our in-person and telehealth services are continuing to expand!
September 2022 Client Services Update
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
Welcoming and Training New Volunteers
CMC has held three full-day volunteer training workshops so far this year! Our last one was videotaped to create on-demand modules to on-board future volunteers more quickly. Dedicated volunteers make it possible for Charlotte Maxwell Clinic to provide complementary integrative care at no charge to
A CMC Volunteer in the News!
This summer, Nancy Chang, one of CMC’s longtime volunteers who delivers an average of 20 of her delicious soups monthly for our clients at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy founded her company Purpose and Hope when she saw first-hand
Golden State Warriors Night with CMC!
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic is excited to partner with the seven time NBA champions, our Golden State Warriors, for their first ever Cancer Awareness Night on Thursday, October 27, 2022! The Warriors will host the Miami Heat at San Francisco’s Chase Arena, and we invite you
Clinic Update – July 2022
CLINICAL SERVICES We are open and expanding our offerings as we grow! We hired new staff members and reconnected with many clients and volunteers to get back to what we love: Providing holistic and integrative care for underserved women with cancer. We currently offer in-person
Happy 90th Birthday, Ms. Charlotte Maxwell!
Born on this day in 1932, Charlotte was a social worker from Buffalo, New York who came to California to attend graduate school in public health at UC Berkeley during the late 1960’s. According to longtime friend Jean Morton, Charlotte was always supportive of women’s
StoryCorps Series
During the summer of 2020, CMC had the unique opportunity to partner with StoryCorps, whose mission is “to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.” Via their platform, we were able to record six different stories from our community. What a wonderful honor to have our voices heard, recorded, and housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress!
EPISODE 6: Clients in Conversation
"Charlotte Maxwell is just like the respite from the harm."
EPISODE 5: A client-volunteer conversation
“You gave me that opportunity. You know, to balance myself.”
EPISODE 4: CMC staff share their perspectives
“This is a type of medicine that a lot of people can’t access because it’s not affordable and we haven’t figured out, as a society, how to make this broadly accessible. But Charlotte Maxwell has figured that out.”
EPISODE 3: A client-staff conversation
“The volunteers…are wonderful. I appreciate the time that they give us. They treat us with respect…with such gentleness, with such compassion; I just look forward to it.”
EPISODE 2: A client-staff conversation
“When you walk in the door… whatever’s going on in your life, good or bad, it’s just like the weight has been lifted off of you because you know that you’re in good hands.”
EPISODE 1: Founders in conversation
“I mean, not tooting our own horn, but we were so ahead of our time.”
