There are those rare few people who give simply to give. Diane Welter of Your Friends for Life is one of those gems. Welter began Your friends for Life, a non-profit organization, after working for years in different support groups with local cancer patients and their families. In January of 2007 she teamed with the 24 Hours of Aspen Foundation to start a program that would support her own vision of what cancer patients and their families need. The mission of Your Friends for Life is to help in any way a family may need. What suits one family during a time of crisis might not help another family. Welter has a community of people who are always on call to make an extra helping of dinner so that a family dealing with cancer can have a night off from kitchen duty. If a patient is too ill to walk his/her dog, Diane's organization is there to help. If a family cannot afford the extra things for siblings of a cancer patient, the organization seeks donations from local companies or stores to help families provide these to their children. The help does not stop after the treatment ends, Your Friends for Life is there to help with support during and after the loss of a loved one.
Your Friends for Life helps families in several different communities of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. For more information, contact Diane Welter at yourfriendsforlife@hotmail.com.
