Trained volunteers and staff who are breast or ovarian cancer survivors operate telephone hotlines in English, Spanish and ten other languages, lead support groups, and offer an array of educational services in 18 sites and in every borough of New York City.
[7] 1987[citation needed]: LatinaSHARE was started to provide support, information, education and advocacy opportunities for people who feel more comfortable communicating in Spanish.
[7] 2008: The New York Department of Health issued this statement[8] while announcing a grant to SHARE and nine other community-based breast cancer education, counseling, outreach and support services: Support groups, education, counseling and related activities can help reduce stress experienced by breast cancer patients, improve their ability to cope and deal with the uncertainties, challenges and life complications that accompany the disease and also enable them to make more effective use of health services.
A survivor and later volunteer published this first person account of the peer support process: "I was scared to death," she says, "because I had to make so many major decisions about breast reconstruction, hormonal treatments, possible chemotherapy, and everything else.
[11] Recognizing the need for women to help each other to deal with the impact of this disease, SHARE volunteers have assisted in creating similar peer-support organizations in Israel and the Czech Republic.
Guest Chefs will include Dana Cowin of Food & Wine Magazine, Ruth Reichel of Gourmet, and stars of the stage and screen such as broadcasting mavens including Samantha Mathis, Robin Mattson Ellen Parker, Bravo "Top Chef Masters" host, Kelly Choi, and TV personality Sara Moulton.