Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE LYDIA PROJECT, INC. (THE "ORGANIZATION") PROVIDES FREE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS FACING ANY TYPE OF CANCER. THE ORGANIZATION GRANTS FUNDS FOR RENT, UTILITY, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND PRESCRIPTION ASSISTANCE TO CANCER FIGHTERS AND HOSPICE PATIENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD THESE BASIC EXPENSES. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES CANCER FIGHTERS FREE OVERNIGHT LODGING WHO NEED TO BE NEAR CANCER TREATMENT AND CANNOT AFFORD HOTELS. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES CANCER FIGHTERS CRITICALLY NEEDED TRANSPORTATION TO CANCER TREATMENT. THE ORGANIZATION ADDITIONALLY PROVIDES MEN AND WOMEN A FOUR WEEK EDUCATION SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM DURING/AFTER CANCER TREATMENT. THIS SUPPORT INCLUDES ONGOING CORRESPONDENCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT EVERY MONTH FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS TO CANCER PATIENTS FACING DEPRESSION, ISOLATION, FEARS, AND ANXIETIES.
The Daksha Chudgar Lydia House - The Lydia Project provides lodging services free of charge to men, women, and children who reside statewide Georgia, South Carolina and beyond and who need overnight stay in order to be near cancer treatment in the CSRA. Lodging services include transportation to medical appointments, meals and Lydia's hospitality. Lydia provided 1,954 lodging nights during 2019.
Outreach Services - Depression, anxieties and isolation can be as challenging as the cancer diagnosis. The Lydia Project provides emotional support to cancer fighters through ongoing correspondence, phone calls, local hospital visits, and encouragement every month for at least twelve months. Lydia also provides monthly support events for cancer fighters and caregivers; as well as a monthly four-week during/after cancer survivorship program featuring local oncology professionals. Lydia provided 17,952 outreach contacts in 2019.
Emergency Relief Services - The Lydia Project provides funding to stop utility disconnects, stop evictions, and pay for prescription costs and medical supplies for CSRA counties' men, women and children currently receiving cancer treatment and to hospice patients. Payments are made directly to vendors and provides hope to patients and families overwhelmed by the cancer diagnosis. This fund includes transportation coordination and costs for men and women who do not have a way to get to cancer treatment. Lydia provided cancer fighters 661 transportation trips to cancer care in 2019.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michele Canchola | Director | 40 | $78,731 |
| Byron Dasher Md | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Scott Klosinski | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Janna Malchow | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Sharad Ghamande Md | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Mallory Lawrence Md | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Hap Harris | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Reverend Toney Cross | Board Member | 0 | $0 |
| Chuck Lanier | Treasurer | 0 | $0 |
| Bipin Chudgar Md | President | 0 | $0 |
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