The Simon Fund

Bob & Alice Simon - Champions For Cancer Patients In Need

Patients and their families who battle cancer face significant emotional and physical impacts. Many also must cope with the effects of an overwhelming and often unexpected financial impact. The cost of cancer care can deplete a family's resources and strain their ability to cope at an already stressful time, even for those with insurance.

Bob and Alice Simon and their young family experienced these challenges when Bob was diagnosed with lymphoma in the early 1970s. In 1990, with his cancer in remission, Bob retired, and he and Alice moved to West Winfield. When Bob was diagnosed again with cancer in 1995, they once again observed patients and their families who were in need of financial assistance. It was then that Bob and Alice decided to start a fund to help people who found themselves in financial distress during and after treatment for cancer. The Simons created a modest fund at Bassett so that money could be available for mammograms, medications, transportation and other medical necessities. Despite the care he received, Bob's cancer recurred and he passed on in 2000. Today, dozens of donors, including Regional Cancer Program employees, support the fund in recognition of their personal stories to benefit others.

Support of the Bob Simon/Loretta Anagnost Fund assures that patients with a cancer diagnosis who are in need will have access to care. The fund also is a living legacy of Bob and Alice Simon who always will be remembered as champions for cancer patients in need. Since the fund is managed by the Friends of Bassett, there are no administrative costs.

To make a donation, please contact fund development
at 607.547.3928.