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 over 500 Angels.
In ten years time we have financially assisted over 1500 women and 2 men. Hundreds of children have been fed, clothed and sheltered with your dollars. We have helped provide stability in a chaotic time.
Over the past ten years we have been part of the lives of 134 women who have lost their battles. In some cases we were there when they died. We have seen awesome miracles along with the loss. We are assisting several women who have continued to battle for 5, 6, 7 years and are still here raising their children. They continue to send thank you cards to us for not abandoning them in their time of need. We are their hope and they are our reward.
This past year was tough financially. Some months we just did not know how we could continue without turning women away. Each month my faith was renewed and the “miracle of the loaves & fishes” came to pass again and again. We were able to pay out over $270,000 in total client needs. We had a terrific Back to School Picnic and an awesome Client Christmas Party! Our families got to come together, share their stories and make new friends.
The “Angel House” has been home to 9 women. Most of these women come to us at the start of their battle, but at the end of their life. They are often diagnosed through emergency rooms and their breast cancer is already advanced to stage 4. We do what we can to make their lives more comfortable and to slow down the progress of the disease.
None of what happens in the office or the “Angel House” is possible without your help. You are all amazing! Some of you have been with us for 10 years, some a shorter length of time but you are all making a huge difference to our women in treatment and their families.
We are still a small organization doing big work. Thank you!
