Our Mission

The Minette Grosso McKenna Angel Foundation provides assistance to those in treatment, supports research and promotes breast cancer awareness by delivering to patients, and their families, gift cards to local supermarkets, restaurants and movie theaters. We offer home cleaning services, gas cards, flowers and feel good services such as manicures and pedicures.

Minette’s Angels Foundation offers scholarships to second year nursing students at Seton Hall University’s College of Nursing, a scholarship to a High School Senior from Verona entering the medical field, placing a priority on nursing majors, and an Impact Scholarship to a High School Senior who has been affected by breast cancer

During the month of October, the Foundation distributes “pink awareness” sports related items to football, volleyball, soccer and tennis teams.

The Foundation purchased specialized, state of the art, wheelchairs for use by patients undergoing treatment at the Cancer Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. The wheelchairs include anti-microbial comfort cushions, IV-IVAC telescoping poles and oxygen tank holders.

Minette’s Angels Foundation has enhanced the quality of the patient’s experience at the Center for Breast Health and Disease Management at RWJBarnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center by providing light weight cotton robes offering style, comfort and calming effects.

The Foundation has granted funds to Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s Lymphedema Program which provides compression garments to patients suffering from lymphedema as a result of breast cancer surgery or radiation therapy. Such garments are crucial in helping breast cancer survivors regain mobility, function, and independence.

Minette’s Angels Foundation has provided funds to Comfort Project 360 in partnership with Saint Barnabas Medical Center to enhance patient comfort and wellbeing through meaningful renovations, important programs and amenities.

The Foundation has sponsored Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s “Fashion for the Pink Crusade” with proceeds benefiting the breast programs at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and RWJBarnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center.

Minette’s Angels Foundation has granted funds to Trinitas’ Comprehensive Cancer Center to support the cost of items needed for breast cancer patients undergoing treatment at their breast center. Funds are used for wigs, lymphedema sleeves and gloves, mastectomy bras and prosthesis.

The Foundation has enhanced the quality of the patient’s experience at the Cancer Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center by supporting the renovation of one of the 23 private Infusion Rooms in their Infusion Center. Each Infusion Room has been updated and modernized to create a more comfortable, healing environment for patients and their families.

Minette’s Angels Foundation has provided funds to the Center for Breast Health at RWJBarnabas Health Ambulatory Care Center to enhance the breast health of medically underserved women by providing mammograms at no cost to said patients.

Minette’s Angels Foundation has funded the gown changing rooms within the MRI suite at the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center’s Breast Center. The suite is specifically designed to ensure privacy and comfort for patients to prepare for their visits. The three spaces have soothing colors and comfortable seating to provide a clean and uplifting space. These rooms are located near the MRI room, assessment rooms, and nurse’s station to ensure one convenient location. Whether receiving tests or undergoing procedures, thousands of patients will utilize these rooms each year as they prepare for their visit.