This is an all-volunteer organization operating in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The Mission of Breast Cancer Angels is to provide financial and emotional assistance for women and their families as they are going through breast cancer treatment.
Breast Cancer Angels is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Faye Dietiker (a breast cancer survivor) in 2000. It originally started with 6 women sending in $20 a month. Now there are hundreds of “Angels” who send in monthly gifts. They host 2 fundraisers a year, and a corporate sponsor pays their overhead. This enables them to use 100% of all other donations to assist women in treatment.
Each year they assist more than 650 clients and their families.
The other day Breast Cancer Angels held their first San Diego County meeting at the home of Holli and Anthony Lienau.
As a survivor myself and one who has lost close relatives and friends, I was compelled to join right in. At our first meeting we raised over $8,000!
Some of the programs for 2013 include: Food Program (gift cards to clients’ market of choice), Housing Needs (many women become homeless and jobless while fighting breast cancer), Medical Co-Pays and Cobra Costs (so these women don’t lost their insurance or are unable to fill prescriptions), Transportation (gas cards or rides to and from treatments), and many more.
This year at the RSF Golf Club the beneficiary of the Women’s Golf Tournament will be Breast Cancer Angels.
If you’d like to know more about this worthwhile group, give me a call (858-735-6505) or go online to www.breastcancerangels.org. Maybe you would like to join us at the next meeting.
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