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In the Service of Life Awards
Health Care without Harm
International POPS Elimination Network
Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Health
Biodiversity and Sustainable Development
Public Policy and Citizen Education Grants
Contemplative Mind
The Children's Program
Integrative Medicine and Mind-Body Health
West Marin Grants
Commonweal
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1997-1998 Annual Report
Grants in Integrative Medicine and Mind-Body Health

Jenifer Altman believed that participating in the Commonweal Cancer Help Program at Commonweal changed her life in very important ways. Most of these grants support the development of Cancer Help Programs based on the Commonweal model.

HEALING JOURNEYS
$1500 P. O. Box 250
Aptos, CA 95001-0250

In support of "Cancer as a Turning Point," a free conference for people with cancer, held at Stanford University in 1998.

SMITH FARM: CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS
$10,000
1501 32nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007

In support of the Smith Farm Cancer Help Program, which has been nationally recognized as one of the most outstanding organizations providing emotional and psychological support for people facing cancer.

TAMALPA INSTITUTE
$2500
15 Ravine Way
Kentfield, CA 94904

In support of Anna Halpern's project, Moving Towards Life, which provides opportunities for people with cancer to use movement, writing and drawing as tools for transformation.

TING-SHA INSTITUTE
$5000
P. O. Box 226
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

In support of scholarships to Cancer Help Retreats at the Ting-Sha Institute.

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The Jenifer Altman Foundation, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Presidio Building 1016, First Floor, P.O. Box 29209, San Francisco, CA 94129 USA. 415.561.2182 info@jaf.org