This weekend I traveled to San Francisco from New Jersey. I belong to a Yahoo online breast cancer support group called Sisters in Survivorship. We are a group of young women under forty that have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Every year we take a trip to get together. We pick a city, we pick a breast cancer walk and we have a ball!
This year our walk was for an organization called Friends of Faith. This nonprofit organization was founded in 1997. Friends of Faith are dedicated to fighting breast cancer by giving assistance to underinsured women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and cannot afford treatment.
Sadly, Faith passed away after a very public battle with breast cancer. She knew how lucky she was to have insurance and great physicians. She knew that others were not so lucky.
Faith's family and friends are keeping her dream alive and helping other women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Today was a celebration of Faith's life. It was the second annual walk for the organization. I learned today how much Faith was loved and supported by her community.
What a great day!
1. It was so great doing that walk together with you!
Posted at 5:54PM on Aug 14th 2006 by Nancy