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Five Women Need Your Help RIGHT NOW
This Mothers’ Day, some Moms who are bravely facing breast cancer are struggling to pay the bills due to lost wages, inadequate benefits, and the extra expenses that come with a breast cancer diagnosis. There are currently dozens of breast cancer patients on our waiting list, many of them moms with young children; we need your help to provide financial assistance to five of them.
At the Canadian Breast Cancer Support
Fund (CBCSF) we provide financial assistance to help
patients across Canada who are struggling
financially during their treatment for breast cancer. This is the
harsh truth: 80% of the financial support we provide helps patients
cover the cost of food and shelter. We are a
volunteer-run organization and the only Canadian charitable breast
cancer organization that is drawing attention to this most urgent issue.
Our Goal is $10,000 – It will go DIRECTLY to Women in Need
Our goal is to help 5 women at the top of our waiting
list. We provide grants of up to $2,000 for each eligible applicant.
Every donation, small and large, helps. Please take a look at our
symbolic giving options to the right and see which one feels right for you.
There's a Side to Breast Cancer You May Not Know About
Despite billions raised to find a cure someday, many
of the 23,000 Canadian women diagnosed with breast cancer this year
need financial support TODAY…
Because the rent is due
Groceries need to be bought
Expensive hospital parking adds up
Wages are lost during
treatment and recovery
Benefits run out before treatment is
completed
All required medications are not covered by provincial
health care plans
Who We Help
Most of the women we support are mothers
75%
have annual household incomes less than $25,000
25% are living
with stage 4 metastatic (terminal) breast cancer, and
2/3 of
these patients have children under age 16
Here are some of the women we've helped. Their stories are just like the 5 women who need urgent help and the dozens of others still waiting for support:
Jill, 35: Mother of two sweet kids, ages 3 and 5. After completing treatment in 2012, Jill went back to jogging and felt really strong as she recovered from breast cancer. But, since being diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, Jill hasn't been able to go back to work or do many of the activities she used to do. Because of her breast cancer, Jill has lost half of her vision and has difficulty with her balance. The financial struggle has been difficult and has added an extra challenge to her battle with breast cancer. "When I reached out to The Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund for some financial help, I was very grateful that they were generous and helped me to pay for some of my bills. The CBCSF is an amazing, and supportive organization with huge hearts."
Daniela, 45: Mother and sole provider for a wonderful
teenaged daughter, Daniela discovered a lump in her right when she was
42. It was determined that Daniela had a highly aggressive and
uncommon form of breast cancer that accounts for only 10 – 15% of all
cases. Treatment and recovery took just over a year. Due to lost
wages, the cost of travel from a small town, parking and a special
diet for complications due to treatment, Daniela found that even
receiving short term disability benefits through her job was not
enough to provide for herself and her daughter. She even used the
local food bank. “As a result of these realities, it cost me over
$25,000 to have breast. If it weren’t for the Breast Cancer Support
Fund's help with utility bills, mortgage payments and grocery costs,
it is likely that I would have lost my house. I admire CBCSF for
calling attention to this important issue and I am forever grateful
for the help they provided me and my daughter at a time when no one
should have to worry about money."
Lerma, 42 (far right): Widowed ten years ago when her
three boys were under the age of seven, Lerma was working two jobs
when she was diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer. She
required chemotherapy before and after surgery and radiation therapy.
Her type of breast cancer is HER2neu positive and requires treatment
of Herceptin every three weeks for eleven months. “Being diagnosed
with cancer affected my whole life, I felt devastated and my dreams
for my family felt shattered. Because of your support, I am able to
recuperate with less stress. To your organization and all of the
people behind this good deed- my deepest gratitude.”
Kathy, 50: Wife, and mother of 2 grown boys. Kathy
describes her breast cancer story beginning at five years of age when
she remembers vividly that her maternal grandmother was diagnosed; and
later so would 4 of her great aunts. Eventually an aunt and three
cousins were diagnosed with breast cancer. In 2013, when Kathy felt a
lump, her first thoughts turned to breast cancer, given her family
history. When a lumpectomy didn't provide clear margins, Kathy opted
to have a mastectomy and is planning on reconstructive surgery.
"I have found it emotionally, physically and financially
draining. There were many "extra" costs I never even dreamed
of. Although, my family has never been well-off, I could not afford to
get breast cancer. The Support Fund helped me. It made life a bit
easier. It took off some of the financial pressure and helped me pay
for the wound dressings, the prosthetic breasts and helped with the
cost of gas for travelling to the cancer clinic and the parking
expense. I can't thank them enough."
The Cost of Breast Cancer
The financial difficulties that follow a breast
cancer diagnosis are well documented, but very little attention has
been paid to solving this problem. In a Canadian Study of breast
cancer patients:
16% of breast cancer patients had their jobs terminated while undergoing treatment
17% were unable to return to their previous job with the same title and salary
21% of respondents said they returned to work before they were fully able due to financial pressure
27% percent took on debt to cover treatment costs
38wks The average length of treatment for breast cancer is 38 weeks. However, Employment Insurance benefits provide payments for only 15 weeks.
For a case study on the costs of breast cancer, click on the
following link:
http://cbcsf.ca/about-us/the-cost-of-breast-cancer
The Canadian Breast Cancer Support Fund
(CBCSF) is a national, volunteer-driven charitable
organization dedicated to providing short-term financial assistance to
breast cancer patients.
For more information about us go to www.cbcsf.ca.
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Imagine that the nearest treatment centre is many kilometres away - and you have to go back and forth repeatedly for treatment. (radiation alone can take 5 or 6 weeks, five times a week) All this travel while you're not feeling well. Patients who live far from urban centres have to drive many kilometres and sometimes take the bus or train. Your donation will help offset the costs of getting to and from treatment.
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Living pay cheque to pay cheque is a challenging way to live. Finding extra money to pay for the costs of having cancer can be next to impossible. Sometimes the added expenses are taken from the food budget and you use the food bank. Sometimes, you get behind on your rent. $1,000 will help a patient pay their landlord.
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Imagine that the nearest treatment centre is many kilometres away - and you have to go back and forth repeatedly for treatment. (radiation alone can take 5 or 6 weeks, five times a week) All this travel while you're not feeling well. Patients who live far from urban centres have to drive many kilometres and sometimes take the bus or train. Your donation will help offset the costs of getting to and from treatment.
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Living pay cheque to pay cheque is a challenging way to live. Finding extra money to pay for the costs of having cancer can be next to impossible. Sometimes the added expenses are taken from the food budget and you use the food bank. Sometimes, you get behind on your rent. $1,000 will help a patient pay their landlord.
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