Episode 3. Cancer Comfort In A Bag, Lorraine Lewis, CEO & Founder, The Lewis Foundation, What's Your Why?

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Lorraine Lewis shares her journey of founding The Lewis Foundation, which provides comfort packs to adult cancer patients, highlighting the importance of emotional care in treatment.

Charity Stories from Night Owl Philanthropy Podcast In this episode of the Night Owl Philanthropy Podcast – What’s Your Why?, I’m joined by Lorraine Lewis, Co‑Founder and CEO of The Lewis Foundation. Lorraine shares the story of how a deeply personal family experience led to the creation of a charity that now provides free gift packs to adult cancer patients across multiple hospitals. She talks about how those early days on the ward shaped the Foundation’s mission, how the charity has grown operationally, and some of the challenges along the way. We explore the importance of emotional care alongside clinical treatment, the crucial role volunteers and community supporters play, and why visibility and awareness really matter for patients who often feel forgotten. Lorraine also reflects on the recognition the Foundation has received and her hopes for the future – from enhancing patient care to influencing how society thinks about comfort, dignity and compassion in cancer treatment. If you find this conversation helpful or moving, please like, comment, and subscribe to the channel, and follow the Night Owl Philanthropy Podcast on your preferred platform. The podcast is available on…

People in this episode

Guest: Lorraine Lewis

Topics covered

• cancer care
• charity
• emotional support
• volunteering
• patient dignity

Keywords

• The Lewis Foundation
• gift packs
• cancer patients
• community support
• patient care

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cancer Comfort In A Bag, Night Owl Philanthropy Podcast, the Night Owl Philanthropy Podcast, What’s Your Why

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