Passport Services
The Unite for HER Wellness Passport Program offers members free access to integrative therapies, services, support, and education. This program was designed to allow you to create a personal care plan without financial concerns. These therapies and treatments are backed by scientific research and proven to help support, empower, and restore you physically and emotionally. We look forward to having you as a part of our UFH community and will be by your side as you explore the many ways we can support you.
Start Using Your Wellness Passport Services
Scroll below to access services or click on a modality to schedule services.
Access Your Member Portal
Sign in to your Member Portal to sign up for nutrition services, view the Provider Directory, and to view your Unite for HER Passport squares.
Schedule Your Wellness Consultation
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation with our team to answer your questions, get help scheduling services with your passport, and learn more about our program one-on-one.
*This service is only available to current Wellness Passport Program members.
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Sexual Health Counseling
* Available in Pennsylvania and Delaware Only **
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Reiki
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Fitness
Redeem 3 passport squares for a 6-month membership to Stronger Thru Cancer virtual fitness program.
Click here to learn more about Stronger Thru Cancer virtual classes
Utilize 3 passport squares for a 6-month fitness membership to a local fitness club with a completed Physician Referral Form **Available Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and North Delaware only**
Access Nutrition Services
View live cooking class schedule, submit questions for our team of Registered Dietitians, use your passport for grocery gift cards, and more.
Professional Counseling
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Meditation & Yoga
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Acupuncture
** Available in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and North Delaware Only **
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Oncology Massage Therapy
** Available in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and North Delaware Only **
Each session uses one passport square. To redeem your passport, schedule an appointment directly with an approved provider. Click the button below to search our provider directory.
Nutrition Services & Instructions
Please note: all CSA, Farmbox, Sunbasket, and grocery card orders should be placed through your member portal.
Services Using Passport Squares
$75 Grocery Gift Card – 1 Passport Square
3 Sunbasket Meal Kits – 1 Passport Square
6 Weeks of Vegetables Delivered – 3 Squares
6 Weeks of Organic Vegetable Pick Up – 2 Squares
**Southeastern PA, South Jersey, Northern Delaware only**
All-Access, 0 Square Services
Dive into education with our all access Nutrition Hub, where you can find research, recipes, health guides, and more!
30 Minute Registered Dietitian Consult
48+ Yearly Cooking Classes
Last Fri of Every Month at 10am ET Live on Instagram
Explore UFH Connect
Educational Network
Watch and connect with medical and wellness experts in our live educational series, including Ask the Experts, HER Speaker Series, Virtual Hangout. Plus, explore hundreds of videos on range of topics in our video library.
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Integrative Therapies
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has many benefits and has been very effective in easing breast cancer or ovarian cancer treatment symptoms.
Beauty
At Unite for HER, we help people take a closer look at the products they are using, and provide resources for switching to safer alternatives.
Counseling
Learn how a professional counselor can help you navigate emotional distress, sexual health changes, communicating with loved ones, and planning for the future.
Fitness
Regular activity throughout treatment has been shown to make treatments more effective, increase energy levels, and improve recovery. and increase energy levels.
Massage Therapy
Massage has been proven to improve circulation and help reduce fatigue for women with breast cancer and ovarian cancers.
Nutrition
Connect with our Registered Dietitians and learn how to make approachable, healthy upgrades that both you and your family can feel good about. In addition, if you’re experiencing challenges as a result of medication or treatment, our RDs can offer tips and resources to help manage side effects.
Reiki
Discover how this ancient Japanese practice can induce relaxation, decreasing anxiety, stress and joint/muscle pain.
Yoga/Meditation
Women with cancer undergo extreme physical, mental, and emotional stress that can weaken the immune system. After yoga, patients have more energy, improved physical functioning, and quality of life.
Meditation exercises also help relieve anxiety, provide nausea relief, and alleviate insomnia.
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Nutrition
Whole Food Nutrition to Nourish Your Body and Soul
Nourishing our body and mind is a potent form of self care. The foods we choose to consume do so much more for us than simply give us energy to get through our busy days. Our choices contribute to overall wellness and provide us with so many healing properties.
Our approach to food and nutrition is one of abundance. In other words, we don’t focus on the “bad” foods or center our message on what a person should be eating less of. In fact, it’s the very opposite. We help our community shift their intention to the foods they want to make more room for in their meals, on their plates and in their overall life. This shift means our Registered Dietitians will meet you where you are and provide guidance that will work for you and your family.
Get Started
Explore nutrition services available to you through your Wellness Progam.
Meet the Team
Erin Pellegrin RD, LDN
Senior Director of Culinary Nutrition and Education
Michele DiCristofaro MS, RD, LDN
Senior Culinary Dietitian
Aubrey Redd, MS RD, LDN
Culinary Nutrition Manager
Katheryne Romero, RDN, LDN
Culinary Dietitian, Spanish Wellness Program Liaison
Yoga & Meditation
Calm Your Body and Mind
Physical, mental, and emotional stress can weaken the immune system. After yoga, patients have more energy, improved physical functioning, and quality of life.
Having a consistent yoga practice is essential during times of uncertainty and discomfort. That’s where yoga thrives! It helps you work through these emotions so you can stay healthy emotionally – and physically. Yoga videos are available in our online video library, HER Library, as well as through the Stronger Thru Cancer fitness program.
In addition, meditation exercises also help relieve anxiety, provide nausea relief, and alleviate insomnia.
Get Started With Your Passport
Find a provider to begin private virtual sessions with your wellness passport.
Guided Meditations and Techniques to Help Calm and Center You
Meditation exercises help relieve anxiety, provide nausea relief, and alleviate insomnia. Learn techniques and practice along with UFH Providers guiding you through. Sessions are recorded and available to watch in our video library.
Massage Therapy
Reduce Fatigue with Massage Therapy
Massage has been proven to improve circulation, reduce pain, and help reduce fatigue for those with breast and ovarian cancers.
Led by advisor Julie Ackerman, our therapists are specially trained in treating breast and ovarian cancer patients. Certified Lymphedema specialists are notated on our care provider sheet.
Get Started with Your Passport
* Available in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and North Delaware Only **
All services are funded by Unite for HER. If you have any massage therapy questions, contact us at info@uniteforher.org.
“My Unite for HER passport was my constant companion during my cancer treatment and recovery as I received weekly massages to counteract the painful effects of chemo and surgery. It provided both physical and emotional benefits for which I am so grateful.” Shelly
Counseling
Find Support through Professional Counseling
During a cancer diagnosis you may be experiencing a variety of challenging emotions. The news can feel devastating and the options overwhelming. At times, it is difficult to avoid feeling gripped by fear. Mental health therapy for cancer patients can be a great resource, providing you with a safe place and objective listener to be by your side. You don’t have to go through this alone.
This therapy is now available in the privacy of your home via online or with a personal call. Schedule directly with a provider on our list.
Get Started with Your Passport
Meet with a licensed counselor in the comfort of your own home. All services are funded by Unite for HER.
Reiki
Discover Healing Energy Therapy
Reiki is a healing energy therapy originated by Mikao Usui in Japan. The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word (Rei) which means “Universal Life Force” and (Ki) which means energy. Reiki is a hands-on healing system as well as an energy source that restores energetic alignment and balance and promotes healing on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. Reiki does not “fix”, but induces the relaxation response and puts the body in the best place for healing. Reiki benefits accumulate over time.
Benefits of Reiki:
– Enhances personal awareness
– Restores balance and harmony to the energy system
– Decreases stress and increases relaxation
– Supports and accelerates the body’s natural healing response
– Strengthens immune response
– Non-invasive – no side effects of contraindications
– Relives acute and chronic pain and discomfort
– Stimulates energy and mental clarity
– Restful sleep
– Decreases weakness and nausea
Distance Reiki
Distance Reiki sessions are 60 minutes and include a pre and post talk to set the intention for the session and identify specific areas of concentration. Reiki practitioners and clients can connect via phone, FaceTime, Zoom, Skype or Blue Jeans. Clients create a peaceful, comfortable place to rest without distraction in their own home; feel free to light a candle, draw the curtains, lie under a blanket, play mellow music, use essential oils, etc. During each session clients may note progressive relaxation, warmth, calmness, traveling sensations of energy flow in body, heaviness, and sleep.
Get Started with Your Passport
Meet with a trained professional in the comfort of your own home or in-office. Using the provider list, select a trained professional that is most convenient for your lifestyle. To make an appointment, please contact the provider directly.
One square per treatment.
“I wanted to let you what a wonderful experience “remote” Reiki was. In the beginning, I was skeptical about how this would work. But, as soon as I followed the practitioner’s instructions on how to find a quiet space in my home, light a candle, and to start deep breathing, I found this experience to be truly healing. During the remote sessions, the practitioner may read a meditation or some quotes, and we would discuss topics important to me. The practitioner would ask ‘what are my expectations that I would like to put forth in my session’, and we would go from there. I must say, when the sessions ends, I feel less stress, less pain and inspired.”
Fitness
Increase Energy and Build Strength through Treatment and Beyond
Regular exercise through treatment reduces fatigue, maintains muscle, and reduces risk of anxiety and depression.
Utilize your passport for a 6-month membership to a local fitness club with a completed physician referral form. (3 squares), or exercise safely at home with a Stronger Thru Cancer online fitness membership.
Stronger Thru Cancer offers online fitness classes created for those in active cancer treatment and recovery. Classes range from strength and resistance training to yoga and mindfulness activities, all from the comfort and safety of your own home. Classes were designed with your home gym in mind, providing options for space and equipment restrictions, and created by cancer survivor Priscilla Fitzpatrick.
Click Here to Access Physician Referral Forms
- Stronger Thru Cancer – Virtual Fitness Program
- BodyZone Reading
- YMCA of Delaware
- Greater Brandywine YMCA
- Greater Philadelphia YMCA
- Eastern Delaware County YMCA
- North Penn YMCA
- River Crossing YMCA
- ACAC
- AFC
- Cornerstone
- Hamilton Area YMCA
- Healthplex
- Indian Valley Family YMCA
- JCC Katz
- Kennedy Fitness: a Jefferson Health Affiliate
- NAC
- PEAC
- Princeton Family YMCA
- Reading/Berks YMCA
- RWJ Fitness
- Ignite Fitness
- GoStrong Fitness
Get Started
Use your passport to access a 6-month membership to local fitness centers or Stronger Thru Cancer‘s online fitness classes.
Member Testimonials
Marta
“Having joined Unite for HER, to which I’ll be eternally grateful, and then Stronger Thru Cancer, are undoubtedly the best two decisions I have made throughout my cancer experience. While the medical team works on my recovery, Stronger Thru Cancer and Priscilla heal my soul; physically, because she is an excellent cancer specialist instructor, but most importantly, mentally and emotionally. I didn’t and don’t like exercise, but she inspires you to like it. Before joining, I wasn’t sure if I could do the exercises, but the classes are suited for every level of energy, strength, good day or bad day that I’m having, and I always feel better after attending one of them. In addition, if you can’t make the live classes, there is an extensive video library, so you can fit the classes into your schedule. Plus, it’s not just exercise. It’s an amazing, strong, very supportive community. Priscilla is one of the most compassionate, best people I’ve ever met. You’ll be better in every respect for joining and won’t regret it. It’ll be the best use of 3 squares on your passport (for a 6-month membership) that you can imagine.”
“I wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying the Stronger Thru Cancer program. Priscilla is just amazing! I look forward to the stretching, yoga and balance classes each day (and I hate exercising)! The women who attend the classes are so supportive I feel like I have a new group of friends. Thank you so much for including this in the passport.”
Anne
“I highly recommend Stronger Thru Cancer! I signed up for it using 3 squares of my UFH passport and started to take live classes about halfway through my 6-month neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen. I wish I had started earlier! Priscilla is an excellent instructor; she always is encouraging and provides instruction for people of all skill levels. Taking weight training and circuit classes has made me stronger – I actually was able to get up off the floor using my core for the first time in years! The best part of STC is the community that Priscilla has built. The women who take the live classes are an amazing group, who support and cheer each other on through the highs and lows of living with cancer. STC is a truly amazing community and an incredible investment for your health!”
Leslie
“Priscilla has created something very special through her Stronger Thru Cancer program. I don’t even know if I would call it a program, but rather a community. A community whose members are living with cancer or recovering from cancer, and most importantly, a community whose members want to feel better through exercise, despite their challenges. Although exercise may be the last thing you want to do, Priscilla makes it so doable. She provides a variety of exercises and explains how to do them at various stamina levels. You can attend live classes, or you can access her video library at your convenience. She is so very encouraging and positive. She is truly a light! Join and you will simply feel better.”
Lynda
“Unite for HER has been by my side since my first diagnosis in 2018, providing access to fresh produce, counseling and massage. I had been exercising regularly, but after my metastatic diagnosis, it all seemed like it was too much. When I saw Priscilla’s video on the Unite for HER website, I decided to give it a try. Wow, what a difference Stronger Thru Cancer has made. Beyond the cardio, strength, balance and yoga, there is a sense of community and commitment, with a coach and members who understand and encourage each other. Even on those days when I don’t think I can do anything but show up, my day is brighter, and I feel stronger and supported.”
“I always loved working out and pushing myself to get stronger, the day I got my breast cancer diagnosis, all of that changed. Things moved so quickly- chemo, surgeries, radiation- instead of going back to the gym, I just dreamed about not being sick, having some strength to walk, easing pain, not throwing up, no nosebleeds, having hair and fingernails and toenails again. The silver lining of all this was that I was introduced to Unite for HER. What a blessing. As I navigated all of their information, my attention was immediately drawn to Stronger Thru Cancer. According to the description that I read, this just might fit my need for safe exercise tailored to my needs and abilities. So I signed up and have no regretted that decision for one second.”
Elizabeth
“As a 61-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer, I am so grateful for the support I have found through Unite for HER. Every six months, I receive 6 stamps to be applied towards a variety of integrative care options, such as meal kits, produce delivery, a grocery card, six-week special offering classes or a six-month exercise membership.
Twice, I opted to use 3 stamps for six months of the Stronger Thru Cancer virtual exercise program. What makes the program special is the instructor, Priscilla Fitzpatrick, and the fact that the classes are live. On a weekly basis Priscilla offers multiple, different live exercise classes ranging from Seated Strength to Stronger Circuit. The classes that have personally added to my quality of life are Balance, Cardio and Strength, Gentle Yoga and Empowerment/Mindfulness & Meditation. The Balance class, in particular, has noticeably helped me. I appreciate being able to take live classes in the comfort of my home or yard. Classes generally start with a check-in to see how everyone is doing. Priscilla adapts the class to the current needs of the participants and offers suggestions to modify exercises to meet individual limitations and strengths. Classes allow for individual growth. There are women from all over the United States taking the live classes, and I have learned a lot from them and from Priscilla herself, that are now a part of my daily routine. One of the many things cancer has taught me is that exercise really impacts how I feel on a daily basis. Stronger Thru Cancer inspires me to exercise everyday by offering a wonderful instructor and engaging classes.”
Anne K.
“Unite for HER’s passport has been truly a blessing. It took me about 3 months to feel like I could even think about exercising, but using those 3 passport squares for a 6-month membership to Stronger Thru Cancer has been a game changer for me! I almost didn’t even consider the Stronger Thru Cancer option. I mean, this was my second ovarian cancer journey, and I recovered physically once. I could do it again, right? Probably, but I wouldn’t have pushed myself to jump on the live classes without the amazing camaraderie, love and support I have found in this group. Movement is critical, but so is the laughter and understanding of women who have walked a similar path. My health is better, and my life is richer because of the community Priscilla and her “beautiful” sisters have created.”
Beauty
Build a Healthy Beauty Routine
Beauty Advisor Jolene Hart, CHC, AADP, teaches you how to detox your personal care products and build a lifestyle that supports your best self during treatment and beyond. HER Beauty is sponsored by ACURE.
At Unite for HER, we help people take a closer look at the products they are using, and provide resources for switching to safer alternatives.
Download Our Free Guide
HER Beauty Product Guide helps you to decode product labels, gradually build a clean beauty routine, and detoxify your bath, beauty, and household projects.
Our aim is:
– To be a source of trustworthy information.
– To empower and educate patients about safe personal care product options and their personal care product choices.
– To share some the potential risks of commonly-used beauty ingredients, as well as the shortcomings and lack of long-term testing of many ingredients in the US beauty industry.
– To offer clean beauty guidance that is accessible and actionable.
We acknowledge: Our viewpoint reflects a constantly evolving body of knowledge and research and may also evolve and change as our understanding of clean beauty and safe cosmetics develops. Until we have research on every ingredient and its long-term safety, we aim to err on the side of caution and avoid unnecessary risks in our personal care product routines. Creating a safe beauty routine is a continuing process of education and research on our part, as well as the part of patients.
Acupuncture
Reduce Fatigue, Hot Flashes, and Neuropathy with Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been found to be very effective in easing cancer treatment symptoms. Headaches, fatigue, nausea, pain, vomiting, neuropathy, circulation, hot flashes and digestion all can be greatly reduced and/or eliminated with acupuncture treatments.
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice that has been used for over 2,500 years to effectively treat illness. Acupuncture is a safe, effective, chemical- and drug-free way to stimulate the body’s remarkable self-healing abilities. Through the insertion of very tiny solid needles into specific points on the body, acupuncture has been found to reduce or eliminate headaches, fatigue, nausea, pain, vomiting, neuropathy, hot flashes and support circulation and digestion with regular treatments.
Led by Dr. Thomas Burgoon, all acupuncturists in our provider network are thoroughly vetted and medically licensed.
Get Started with Your Passport
** Available in Southeastern PA, South Jersey, and North Delaware Only **
All services are funded by Unite for HER. If you have any acupuncture questions, contact us.
“Without Unite for HER, I would not have been able to receive the acupuncture treatments that relieved my neuropathy and pain.”
Patient Physician Exercise Referral Forms
Click below to access referral forms by provider.