Cancer Support Services Inc.

Men, women, and children diagnosed with any type cancer receive financial and supportive services from Cancer Support Services. Incorporating in 2004, the agency is a full service agency that has become the place to go for area cancer fighters. Routinely, decisions are made for same-day care for oncology patients needing lodging, transport, prescriptions, medical supplies, utilities assistance, and encouragement. Transport services include travel to rural cities to bring patients to Aiken SC or to Augusta, GA for treatment at the Carolina Cancer Care Institute , the three Augusta Oncology practices, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Doctors Hospital Radiation, the two Georgia Cancer Center locations, Georgia Radiation Therapy, Fort Eisenhower’s Army Medical Center, or Doctors Hospital Radiation. Lodging services are provided free to men, women, and children from all over the northeastern and southeastern United States who need lodging to be near specialized cancer treatment in Augusta, Georgia.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cancer Support Services never closed, remaining open every day. Eighty-eight percent of individuals referred are low- to moderate-income (LMI) persons, making less than 80% of their areas median income. CSS serves the senior population more (58% in 2023) than all other ages served.
Visit the following link for year-to-date information on individuals served: https://www.cancersupportservices.org/your-giving-impact