Friends of Karen was founded in 1978 by one compassionate woman, Sheila Petersen, who rallied her local community to help one family bring their daughter, Karen MacInnes, home from the hospital to live her remaining days with her family.
Our staff includes 12 full-time and 7 part-time employees.
Our unique case management, allows Friends of Karen to assist the entire family based on their individual financial and emotional needs.
Our social work staff works with 25 hospitals in the New York tri-state region including LI North Shore Schneiders Children's Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Montefiore, Yale-New Haven, and Westchester Medical Center.
