Est. 2003 · Earth · Long Island

Racine.
The First Interplanetary
Salon & Care Collective.

A love letter to Rachel DeMolfetto.

Mondays Cancer Care Foundation · A Vision for 2030

The Question

What if a salon could serve every being going through cancer — anywhere in the galaxy?

The Place
341 Main Street
Islip, NY

The salon Rachel built. Plate-glass windows facing Main. The smell of coffee and conditioner. Thirty years of regulars who became family.

Three Decades · One Door

The People

Three sisters. One Monday tradition.

Founder

Rachel DeMolfetto

Hairdresser & owner. Thirty years behind the chair. Opened the doors on Mondays.

Co-Founder

Cynthia Sansone

Rachel's sister. Together they turned private grief into a public welcome.

Executive Director

Karla Waldron

The third sister. Runs Mondays Cancer Care from Sayville.

2003
2003

"They lost their mother Mildred to breast cancer. And they asked: what would have helped her feel beautiful again?"

In memory of Mildred DeMolfetto

The Answer

Open the salon on Mondays.
Free of charge.
For anyone in treatment.

Three lines. Twenty-three years. Thousands of clients.

The Growth

How a single Monday became a movement.

2003

Third Monday of every month. One salon. One sister team.

The Expansion

Every Monday. Demand outpaced one day a month.

Charter Salons

Sister salons across Long Island join the model.

Sayville HQ

Mondays Cancer Care Foundation — 284 W. Main Street.

From a back room in Islip to a Long Island institution.

The Services

Everything a salon offers — given freely on Mondays.

Head Shaving
Wig Styling
Cosmetics
Skincare
Massage
Yoga
Meditation
Community
The Events

The community that grew around the gesture.

9th
Long Island Beauty Ball
Annual · April · Sold Out
6th
Under the Stars Gala
Annual · Open-air evening
3rd
Pink Pumpkin 5K
400+ runners · October

Partners: NY Cancer & Blood · Northwell · Pfizer Oncology · BMS · Gilead · Macy's

Now Imagine

What if Racine scaled?

The Interplanetary Vision

The first salon-charity to serve every being in the galaxy going through cancer treatment.

Visitor No. 01 · The Lunari
Origin · Luna Mare Tranquillitatis

A Lunari, in for radiation.

Her antennae still hum with low light, but they no longer glow the way they did. Her hair — once silver, once strong — falls in small handfuls each morning. At Racine she gets a wig spun from moonsilk and a long, quiet hour with no questions asked.

Visitor No. 02 · The Sextarmed Quill
Origin · Vega System

A Sextarmed Quill.
Six manicures, six stories.

On Vega, hands hold memory. Each of her six palms remembers a different child she raised, a different season she survived. The Monday team paints all six in rose gold and listens to all six stories. By the time the polish dries, she is laughing.

Visitor No. 03 · The Mistweaver
Origin · Andromeda · The Vapor Belts

A Mistweaver, gently reshaped.

She has no hair to cut, no nails to paint. Her body is a soft weather system, and the tumor has pulled her edges into shapes she does not recognize. So the Monday team learns. They breathe with her. They reshape her, slowly, with warm hands and warmer light. She leaves looking like herself again.

The Truth

The aliens are a metaphor.
Every cancer patient is, in some real way, traveling between worlds.
Racine welcomes them all.

Racine — The First Interplanetary Salon & Care Collective infographic
The Charter

In 2030, Racine launches its first off-world charter.

Until then — every Monday, on Earth, at 341 Main Street, Islip, NY.

The doors are already open. The galaxy is welcome to follow.

How to Help

Three ways in.

01

Become a Client

If you or someone you love is in treatment — Mondays are open. Free. No paperwork. Just call.

02

Volunteer

Stylists, makeup artists, massage therapists, yoga teachers, hand-holders. The Monday team is always growing.

03

Donate

Every dollar funds another Monday. The Beauty Ball, the Gala, the 5K — every fundraiser keeps the chair open.

mondayscancercare.org 1-888-966-6329

"With Mondays at your side,
you are never alone."

Thank you.

For Rachel. For Cynthia. For Karla.
For Mildred.

With love · 341 Main Street · Islip · NY · Earth