Regardless of the fact that he’s been a business leader for years and years, Isaac Toussie can’t imagine putting up a price tag on all the happiness he’s been providing for the cancer patients at Medstar’s Community Cancer Center. Toussie’s massive funding has been critical in getting the Center to obtain fifty totally new human hair wigs for its state-of-the-art salon, thus assisting female cancer patients throughout the tri-state area in reclaiming a measure of the comfort and style that had been denied them by disease.
As soon as Isaac Toussie heard the story of Joyce, a 19-year-old suffering from leukemia at the Community Cancer Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., he knew his money was being well spent. Joyce’s hair had started falling out due to her chemotherapy treatments, and like many female cancer patients she had spent a lot of money buying a wig in an attempt to cover up the side effects to her appearance. Unfortunately, the wig was uncomfortable and even began to fall apart.
That’s when Isaac Toussie stepped in. The Community Cancer Center was able to use Isaac Toussie’s generous donation to get fifty brand new human hair wigs in a variety of shades, sizes and lengths. The wigs have greatly improved the on-site salon and have been able to create a sense of comfort and happiness to dozens of women of all ages. In common with far too many others, the Toussies are also familiar with the scourge of cancer and have dedicated themselves as a family to better the quality of life of those who have to struggle against this horrible affliction.
Situated in the very Brooklyn community Isaac Toussie lives in, the Community Cancer Center is a part of the Medstar network of medical facilities that provides health care for the Jewish patient and his or her family in major cities throughout the world. These services include ambulatory aid, 24-hour pharmacies, Bikur Holims and Chabad centers. Fully equipped with a conference room, library, boutique and salon that is designed to give the cancer patient a much-needed escape from their daily struggle, the Center also offers a program called ‘Caring Connections’ which pairs cancer patients with cancer survivors.
Unto all this, Isaac Toussie continues the Toussie family tradition of helping those in need. For over the past ten years, Isaac Toussie has kept up the good work originally begun by his father, Robert Toussie, working with several charities, hospitals, and medical groups to help the sick, blind and poor across the country. It is well known that thousands have benefited from the Toussies’ charitable largess, with lives saved, suffering diminished, and illnesses treated or even, in some cases, cured outright.