ABOUT US

Hewlett House is a community learning resource center for cancer patients and their families. Our staff has been serving the local community for over 28 years and has served tens of thousands of cancer patients and their families.

Hewlett House is all about human connection: since our opening in 2000, we’ve become a safe haven for cancer patients and their families. Our patrons come together to network and receive accurate information in a comfortable, safe environment. We facilitate discussions that help patients come to terms with their cancer and treatments, all while maintaining strict HIPAA standards of privacy.

All of our services are provided without the support of government or other nonprofit foundations, which means we rely on the generosity of our supporters and local communities.

Hewlett House is operated by 1 in 9, a nonprofit that’s been fighting cancer since 1990.

In the late 1980s, the US Health Department found that women on Long Island had a significantly higher risk of contracting breast cancer and that one in nine women would contract some form of cancer.

1 in 9 was founded on November 27th, 1990 by women who wanted a new, in-​depth environmental study which became the Long Island Breast Cancer Project. They’ve been raising awareness and organizing their communities in the fight against cancer ever since.

1 in 9 turned the insights gleaned from that study into legislation that supports cancer patients and protects Long Island residents from harmful chemicals!

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