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We first started financially assisting J.R. in 2003. She was only 31 with 5 children under 18. She was too ill to work and we assisted the family until she went into remission in 2004 and returned to work. She is now 37 and has been back in treatment since early 2009. She has 4 [...]

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S.I. is a young mom we have been assisting since August of 2009. She has three children under 6 and a Stage 4 diagnosis. Her husband lost his job before she was diagnosed and their house was fast approaching foreclosure. We were able to help keep them afloat with utility assistance, food cards, Target cards [...]

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Well another year has come and gone and we have reached our 10-year mark. It was Christmas of 1999 when we made our first deliveries of food and gifts to 8 women in treatment and March of 2000 when we applied for our non-profit status. Since that time we have grown from 6 Angels to [...]

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Have you noticed the wonderful shopping area at the Christmas Luncheon? Have you thought to yourself how amazing the raffle prizes are decorated? Perhaps you have wondered how all that happens? We have Lori Frankin to thank for sharing her amazing energy and talents with us. She works all year long to put together donations, [...]

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Laura- Our Mother, Our Daughter, Our Sister, Our Friend

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Eulogy for Jean “What Would Jean Do?“ Oct. 31, 2009 Thank you for joining us as we honor Jean’s life, her uniqueness, and her own special gifts that she shared with the rest of the world.  We are celebrating Jean’s life, her connections with family and friends, and all those who loved her.  Who can [...]

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  I know this photograph is hard to look at, but cancer isn’t for sissies. This photo was taken some years back after my youngest sister’s mastectomy following her diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer, a more rare and more deadly form of breast cancer. What I love about the photo is what it tells us [...]

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As of November 2009, we are the only organization in Southern California that is financially assisting, on an ongoing basis, women (and men) that have long term metastatic breast cancer. Some of our clients were homeless when they were sent to us. Some needed food or help with their rent or utilities. They all needed to [...]

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Dayna Walsh-Harrod, In Loving Memory

Breast Cancer Angels’ Second Opinion Fund was started by her family in Dayna’s memory. This fund has helped 12 women get second opinions and extended and/or saved their lives.

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We are doing such important work. I wish you all could have heard Melissa Avery speak at our Summer Party. She is a young woman with 2 children that we have been financially assisting for over 6 years. We have watched her children grow. Her daughter is now 7 and her son is 14. She [...]

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