L 5 Foundation

Results: In three short years, L5 Foundation has served more than 25,000 cancer patients and their caregivers. Some of the ways L5 has helped: $17,500 to local hospitals to support the emergency needs of cancer patients, like paying for prescriptions, rent, or utility bills. **$30,000 – 1,500 $20 gas cards to help cancer patients to overcome transportation barriers. Gas cards are distributed in partnership with Pilot Flying J. **$68,500 – to Caring Plate to provide more than 11,417 meals to cancer patients. Meals are provided in partnership with Provision Cares Foundation and distributed by Mobile Meals. **$10,000 grant to Cancer Support Community to provide 270 hours of counseling to cancer patients and their families in conjunction with Cancer Support Community. **$15,000 – 300 Food Gifts Baskets to Cancer patients and their families during the Holiday season this is done in partnership with Walmart in Jefferson City **$10,000 – Camp Koinonia **$20,000 raised in partnership with the Eric Berry Foundation in the Inaugural BBQ Challenge. Both the Eric Berry Foundation and L5 Foundation raised of $20,000 each. **Formally established the L5 Foundation Board. The Board Members are: Chris Baker, Carol Bryant, Mary Ellen Brewington, Kay Clayton, Belinda Gambuzza, Richard Giecek, Adriel McCord, Susan Newman, Jerri Perfetto, Terry Turner and Melissa White **Partnered with Jewelry TV and the GemStore to create the L5 line of Jewelry.

Target demographics: When we founded L5 Foundation, we set ourselves a formidable but, we felt, worthy task: To raise and distribute money to organizations that provide real results. Today, we continue to take steps to strengthen our coalition of support and to extend our network of organizations to which we provide funding. Our broad fundraising activities, our events, and the generous and unwavering support of corporate, foundation, and individual donors allow us to fulfill our mission. L5 Foundation’s current portfolio includes: L5 Cancer Support, dedicated to addressing the essential and basic needs of cancer patients and more. We encourage everyone to engage with the L5 Foundation website, to learn more about our galvanizing activities, and to join us along the journey.

Direct beneficiaries per year: Local hospitals to provide for emergency needs of cancer patients ($17,500); gas cards ($15,000); holiday gift baskets (300+); 270 hours of counseling for cancer patients and family members, and last, but definitely not least, 10,000+ meals to families living with cancer ($61,000).

Programs: Meaningful Meals Eating properly and nutritionally can be difficult for many cancer patients. For many, chemotherapy and radiation treatment alters taste buds, which changes flavor, making even favorite foods lose their appeal. Other patients lack access to healthy food items, or maybe faced with difficult choices like putting food on the table or paying a bill. L5 Foundation has created a program called Meaningful Meals to provide delicious, nutritious meals designed especially for the needs of cancer patients and their families. Single-serve meals are delivered daily or weekly, depending on each patient’s preference, by volunteers from the Knoxville Mobile Meals program. In addition to healthy food, patients get the added security of having someone check in on them regularly. Eligibility for the Meaningful Meals Program is determined by each treatment facility’s social workers or financial counselors. Transportation Assistance Program Fighting cancer is hard. Getting to treatment shouldn’t be. Yet many families in East Tennessee have a difficult time making the drive to a cancer treatment center for the many trips required to comply with a radiation treatment or chemotherapy infusion schedule. All of those trips take time and require money to pay for the gasoline. That’s why the L5 Foundation’s Transportation Assistance Program exists. L5 Foundation provides cancer patients and their families with gas cards to help them pay for the fuel needed to get to treatment. Gas cards are offered in partnership with Pilot Flying J at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Thompson Cancer Survival Center and the Cancer Institute at the University of Tennessee. Eligibility for Transportation Assistance is based on financial need and is determined by each treatment facility’s social workers or financial counselors. Once a patient is determined to be eligible for the program, gas cards are disbursed at the treatment facility. 5 MESSAGES With 5 Messages, you will receive inspiring quotes, tips for living more healthfully, statistics that reveal the depth of the disease, and random facts about the world in which we live. All delivered to your inbox, every day. Think of 5 Messages as a daily dose of awesome that keeps you positively focused. Whether you are a cancer patient, caregiver or survivor, you know someone fighting the disease, or you want to take charge of your life and reduce your risk of illness, 5 Messages is for you.