Find support
Start where you are.
Whether this is a new diagnosis, a hard treatment day, a season of recovery, or a moment when someone you love needs support, STAARS is here. Every service is free.
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Choose your path
Newly Diagnosed
A clear first step, trusted information, and compassionate connection.
Begin here 02In Treatment
Practical help, comfort, resources, and women who understand.
Get support 03Survivor & Thriving
Wellness, connection, advocacy, and a community that celebrates you.
Explore survivorship 04Family & Caregivers
Guidance for the people walking beside a sister they love.
Support a sisterWhat STAARS offers
Care for the whole woman.
Everything below is free. Some financial help is for eligible patients and survivors; call and we will walk you through it.
24-hour STAARS line
Talk with a breast cancer survivor, day or night.
Sister Circles
Free monthly support group meetings, with refreshments.
Find a circleSister Step mentoring
Paired with a survivor throughout your breast cancer journey.
Financial help
For eligible women: wigs, bras, prostheses, compression garments and medical co-pays.
Rides
Travel help to and from treatment and support meetings, for eligible women.
Comfort kits
A little care package for the hard days.
Communication coaching
Help finding the words with doctors, family and work.
Referrals
For counseling, community services and legal help.
See resourcesExpert speakers
Oncologists, nutritionists, counselors, physical therapists, beauty consultants and more at our meetings.
WellnessTwo easy ways to reach us
Call us, or let your doctor call.
You can call the STAARS line yourself any time. Or give your physician permission to contact STAARS for you, and a survivor will reach out.
- Call (901) 319-9099A survivor answers, 24 hours a day. No forms first.
- Or ask your doctorGive your physician permission to contact STAARS on your behalf.
- Or send a noteUse our Join the Sisterhood form and tell us how we can help.
Need to talk to someone right now?
A breast cancer survivor answers the STAARS line, day or night. No forms first. Loved ones can call too.