Phone Buddy Program

The Lung Cancer Alliance Phone Buddy Program offers peer-to-peer support. This program matches lung cancer survivors or their caregivers and family members with other patients or caregivers who have gone through or are currently going through similar medical and social situations. Through a brief phone interview, a Lung Cancer Alliance staff member evaluates the caller’s needs. Through a search of our existing Phone Buddy volunteers, the staff member locates someone who will most appropriately match the caller’s needs. Once paired, the participants phone each other for social support, practical information, and above all, hope.

Our Phone Buddy volunteers include lung cancer survivors either finished with treatments or currently undergoing treatments and caregivers or family members of lung cancer patients. Each volunteer undergoes a brief phone training and has access to Lung Cancer Alliance resources.

AstraZeneca provides Lung Cancer Alliance with grants to maintain and expand this unique and successful program. These grants allow for the production of a training manual for the Phone Buddy volunteers as well as long distance calling cards for all participants.

If you are interested in obtaining a Phone Buddy or becoming one, please contact Lung Cancer Alliance by calling 800-298-2436 or emailing info@lungcanceralliance.org.