Together for Patients & Families

Team Chad collaborates with premier community partners across Tennessee to provide housing, transportation, wellness resources, and direct support for families facing cancer.

Join Our Fight

Patient and Family Support

Gilda's Club

Gilda’s Club of Middle Tennessee provides free emotional and social support for individuals and families impacted by cancer. Through community programming and support services, they help ensure no one faces cancer alone.

Hope Lodge

The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Nashville offers free temporary housing for cancer patients and caregivers traveling for treatment. The lodge provides a safe, comfortable place to stay during a difficult time.

Ingram Cancer Center

Through the Team Chad Patient Assistance Program, Team Chad partners with Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to support leukemia and lymphoma patients in Middle Tennessee, with a focus on housing assistance and patient care support.

Treatment and Medical Access

Nashville General Hospital Foundation

Supporting Nashville’s public safety-net hospital in providing high-quality, compassionate care to all members of the community, regardless of their financial circumstances. Funding helps provide essential resources, social work support, and critical assistance to oncology patients navigating treatment.

Stephens Cancer Care Fund

Partnering with the University of Tennessee Medical Center to provide direct financial assistance to oncology patients and their families. This fund helps alleviate the burden of non-medical expenses—such as transportation, utilities, and housing—so patients can focus entirely on healing and recovery.



Blood Cancer United

A dedicated initiative focused on supporting individuals and families facing leukemia, lymphoma, and other blood cancers. Through direct patient aid, community resources, and advocacy, this partnership ensures that blood cancer patients receive the critical financial and emotional support necessary during their treatment journey.

Healing and Recovery

Heimerdinger Foundation

The Heimerdinger Foundation’s Meals 4 Health and Healing program provides nutritious meals and nutrition education for individuals undergoing cancer treatment — helping patients focus on healing and recovery.

Waves of Grace

Waves of Grace provides restorative beach retreats for cancer patients and their families, creating moments of peace, healing, and connection during life’s most difficult seasons.

Survivor Fitness

Survivor Fitness helps cancer survivors regain strength, confidence, and wellness through personalized fitness training and nutritional support tailored to life after treatment.

What Our Community Cancer Partners Say

The impact of our cancer support network helps extend care, compassion, and critical resources to those who need them most.

“Thanks to Team Chad, Gilda’s Club is able to provide a well-researched and evidence-based approach to cancer support at no charge to all Middle Tennesseans, regardless of race, gender, religion or socioeconomic status."
Molly Warren
Gilda's Club of Middle Tennessee
“Nashville General Hospital Foundation has been the grateful recipient of Team Chad support for our hospital’s oncology patients for many years. This latest gift of the patient transportation van is the very essence of Team Chad’s collaboration with us in ensuring that our most challenged patients have reliable and safe transportation for critical services”.
Woods Wellborn
Board Chair, Nashville General Hospital Foundation
“Team Chad is a prototype when it comes to Foundations “giving back” and “paying it forward.” Their generosity has allowed the University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute to better serve our community by supporting the needs of patients and families while fulfilling our mission to serve through healing, education, and discovery. We are truly grateful for our continued partnership and look forward to working with Team Chad in the future.”
John L. Bell, M.D.
Director, University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute
“Team Chad has been a pillar of support to furthering the mission of Waves of Grace over the last several years. Team Chad’s generosity has allowed an additional three families a year to receive an all expenses paid vacation. Waves of Grace looks forward to continuing the relationship for many years to come”
Jennifer Matwijec
Co-Founder, Director Waves of Grace