IT’S PERSONAL // STACI ROBERTS

Learning that I had breast cancer was a result of my reluctant and arduous efforts in gaining medical insurance. After answering all questions required before getting onto a temporary plan, I came to the realization that I didn’t have an annual checkup in 2012. It’s now February of 2013, and since my new insurance is telling me that these annual checkups are not covered, I think to myself, “Welp, I’ll skip this year, too, and just feel myself up right now.” Small breast, big lump. Weird, hard lump. I’m only 26, and this is the first time I’ve ever done a self-examination.

B4BC SURVIVORSHIP // RETREAT YOURSELF 2014

With over 2.9 million breast cancer survivors in the US alone, B4BC recognizes the importance of supporting our growing survivor community. In 2009, the B4BC Survivorship Fund was established to connect breast cancer survivors with nature-based wellness experiences that enhance their path of healing and long-term survivorship.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT // The North Face We are excited to be the #FeaturedPhilanthropy on @thenorthface blog! Read about how B4BC’s #Survivorship Fund connects breast cancer survivors with nature based wellness retreats that enhance their path to healing: http://bit.ly/18KD4HU

B4BC SURVIVORSHIP RETREAT // Sharishta Shourie FITNESS Magazine wrote an article on B4BC Survivorship Retreat scholarship recipient Sharishta Shourie at her “healthiest age;” cancer-free at 29! Sharista found a lump during a breast self-exam and was diagnosed with breast cancer at 25. Last summer she attended B4BC’s Survivorship Retreat for young survivors and described her…

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT // Yosemite Hiking Retreat

Last month we were honored to work with friend & breast cancer survivor Laura Milstead to help provide a Yosemite hiking retreat experience for (16) survivors. The weekend was an extension of the B4BC Survivorship Fund, established to connect breast cancer survivors with nature-based wellness experiences that enhance their path of healing and long-term survivorship.

It’s Personal // Laura Milstead

Today we honor recent breast cancer survivor, Laura Milstead and how she’s giving back to her fellow survivor community. Laura shares our compassion to support the breast cancer community through nature-based wellness experiences that enhance a survivor’s path of healing and long-term survivorship; and she’s doing just that through a Yosemite Wellness Retreat,   May…

SANDY RELIEF EFFORTS // B4BC Hearts NY

B4BC is thinking of all our friends on the East Coast who were badly hit by Hurricane Sandy; we are taking immediate action to provide assistance to breast cancer patients in the hardest-hit areas after the storm. The B4BC Survivorship Fund will be granting $2,500 to the NYC based, You Can Thrive Foundation, in support of…

BREAKING NEWS // B4BC Survivorship News & Grant of $25,000 to the Breast Cancer Fund

BREAKING NEWS // B4BC Furthers Commitment to Breast Cancer Support Programs with Growth of Survivor Scholarships and Grant of $25,000 to the Breast Cancer Fund // Nominations Now Open for Southern California Ocean ReTreat Yourself hosted by The North Face Athlete and B4BC Ambassador Megan Pischke this Sept. 14-16, 2012 – Read the full story here, http://www.b4bc.org/index.php?area=newsarticle&article_id=847