HOOTERS' HOPE IS BACK!!

As a top fundraising team of the 2024 Komen Georgia More Than Pink Walk, Hooters' Hope is back to continue to be part of the fight against breast cancer. Last year, our mighty team raised $24,064.02, and this year, we are reaching even higher! This year's goal is $25,000.00!!

I formed team Hooters' Hope because I wanted my family and friends to join me in directly helping those who find their lives upended by a breast cancer diagnosis. 

That was me in April of 2022, faced with a life paused and a breast cancer fight in front of me. The weeks and months that followed were both physically and emotionally the hardest and most draining times of my life. I'd have a double mastectomy, six rounds of chemotherapy, and one year of medication infusions. Greatly weakened by treatment and unable to work, the Susan G. Komen organization stepped in to help me with a financial assistance grant. It is just one of the many ways Komen helps those battling breast cancer.

Money raised at this walk will also fund breast cancer research that in turn can lead to more effective treatments. My breast cancer was HER2+, one of the more aggressive forms of breast cancer. In the not so distant past, a HER2+ breast cancer diagnosis could be a death sentence, but research and the development of specific medications that target HER2+ have changed that narrative. I am a survivor today because these medications exist. 

In addition to funding patient financial assistance grants and research, the money that we raise will also fund vital patient services including connecting people to breast cancer education and information, emotional support, and patient navigation.

With all of this in mind, I ask for your financial support as our team continues to do all that we can do fight back against breast cancer.  Take it from this survivor, your support does make a difference!