FOR PETE'S SAKE CANCER RESPITE

FPS ENABLES CANCER PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN, DEEPEN AND UNIFY THEIR RELATIONSHIPS BY CREATING UNFORGETTABLE AND LASTING RESPITE EXPERIENCES. IN FY23, FPS RESPONDED TO 479 INQUIRIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PROVIDED RESPITE SERVICES TO 126 PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, RESULTING IN 108 TRAVEL RESPITE EXPERIENCES WITH 377 TRAVELERS AND 18 STAYCATION RESPITES EXPERIENCES WITH 66 FAMILY MEMBERS. ADDITIONALLY, 183 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH DIRECT ANCILLARY SERVICES. THUS, FPS SERVED A TOTAL OF 626 PEOPLE THROUGH ITS DIRECT RESPITE TRAVEL AND STAYCATION PROGRAMS THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION, FPS CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF PRIOR RESPITE RECIPIENTS THROUGH ITS ANCILLARY SUPPORT PROGRAM WITH OVER 26,778 TOUCHPOINTS MADE TO OVER 2800 FAMILIES. DUE TO COVID-19, TWO MAIN CHANGES TO OUR RESPITE PROGRAM INCLUDE OUR FOCUSED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY RESPITES WITH OUR TRAVEL PARTNER WOODLOCH RESORT AND THE FORMALIZATION OF OUR STAYCATION RESPITE PROGRAM. WHEN THE PANDEMIC OCC