About Chemo Companions
CHEMO COMPANIONS COMES FROM THE HEART OF ITS FOUNDER, ALYSSA DINOWITZ, AND WAS BORN FROM HER OWN FAMILY’S EXPERIENCES WITH CANCER.
Who We Are
Chemo Companions provides companionship through a network of trained volunteers who bring comfort, conversation, laughter and nourishing essentials to the chemo lounge. Our mission is to make a positive impact on the lives of those undergoing cancer treatments by offering friendship and emotional support. The guiding forces behind Chemo Companions are love, compassion, understanding and hope.
Our Guiding Forces are Love, Compassion, Understanding and Hope
Alyssa’s mother, Marriann Gofonia, passed away in September of 2009 after a long journey with breast cancer. During her many rounds of chemotherapy treatments, the Gofonia girls (there are five, each as spunky and spirited as their mother) would all but turn the chemo lounge into a party hall with laughter, jokes, hugs and love – and something interesting would happen there. Smiles would suddenly fill this typically gloomy room with warmth, joy and light. Realizing that not everyone has this kind of resource, Alyssa (also the founder of Chewylou Designs, a custom tee-shirt company and Athletes Yoga, a company specializing in injury prevention and rehabilitation for athletes) created Chemo Companions.
