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 Friends of Faith, Inc., founded in 1997, is a nonprofit charitable
organization of professional women dedicated to fighting the
breast cancer epidemic through the power of information and
by providing funds to local organizations to help provide direct assistance to underserved
and under-insured women in their battle against breast cancer. The
organization has raised and donated more than $700,000 for
individuals with breast cancer and for grassroots organizations.
Some of the organizations that have received funding from
Friends of Faith, Inc., are:
- Charlotte Maxwell Clinic
- Alameda County Medical Center Cancer
Navigator Program
- American Cancer Society
- Women's Cancer Resource Center Emergency
Fund
The Women's Cancer Resource Center
is now the home of the East Bay Breast Cancer Emergency Fund,
sponsored by the Friends of Faith. Since February 2003,
this program has offered financial assistance to low-income women
who are living with breast cancer and who reside in Alameda and
Contra Costa Counties.
A woman can request up to $600 to help with expenses.
The purpose of this program is to lift some of the financial
burden low-income women often face while receiving treatment
for breast cancer. |
