Breast Cancer Awareness & Fundraising | Cancer's A Bitch

RAISING FUNDS & advocating FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER

We all know that breast cancer receives substantial funding for research — but what many don’t realize is that only 2–7% of those funds actually go to the study of Metastasis. And considering that Stage IV / Metastatic Breast Cancer is the only stage that is fatal, it raises an urgent question: Why aren’t more resources focused where lives are truly on the line?

As someone living with MBC, these numbers aren’t just statistics. They’re motivation. I want to see this change, so that one day this diagnosis doesn’t automatically mean a lifetime of treatment.

#stageIVneedsmore

While there are many incredible foundations that do amazing work in raising funds and awareness for those of us living with metastatic breast cancer, these three hold a place near and dear to my heart. You won't hear about pinkwashing with any of these organizations. Your money (and all of it) will go to very good use.

Turning the Page on Cancer is a fundraising initiative for book lovers of all ages to support people living with and affected by Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). The campaign runs every year through the fall, ending on the last Sunday in October with an all day Read-A-Thon and day of self-care. However, donations are welcomed year round.

TTPOC was created in 2019 by Samantha Price-Mitchell, who lived with MBC for 6 years, and sadly passed away in July 2021. It will live on in honour of Samantha’s passion for advocacy and helping those with MBC.

<<< All funds raised here will be donated to Rethink Breast Cancer's Metastatic Breast Cancer Fund. >>>

Read-A-Thon for Turning The Page On Cancer

My Reading Nook for Read-A-Thon Day

DONATE TO TTPOC

Rethink Breast Cancer is an incredible organization that has provided me with a community of amazing women who know exactly what I'm going through. A community of women who want to share their stories and use their voices!

And Rethink allocates money raised for their MBC Fund to projects, campaigns and initiatives that support people living with Stage IV Breast Cancer. Helping us to live better and longer through advocacy, empowerment, support and research.

DONATE TO RETHINK'S MBC FUND

Break Through the BS | Rethink Breast Cancer Event

#BreakThroughTheBS event hosted by Rethink

I’ve been treated at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) since I was diagnosed in 2018. I have an oncologist there, a palliative care doctor, a psychosocial therapist, and countless chemo nurses who carried me through six months of chemo and, as of Nov/25, more than seven years of ongoing immunotherapy infusions every three weeks. Add in the regular bloodwork, CT scans, MRIs, ultrasounds, biopsies, genetic testing, and a couple of surgeries, and PMH has been at the center of it all.

I’m grateful every single day that PMH is where I landed when I found out I had cancer. It’s one of the top five cancer research centres in the world, and my care team more than lives up to that reputation.

However, Stage IV / Metastatic Breast Cancer is the only stage of breast cancer that kills — yet the lion’s share of funds raised for breast cancer (about 95%) goes to early-stage research. That’s why I’ve designated all donations made here to go directly to the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation’s METASTATIC BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUND.

Because #StageIVNeedsMore.

Infusion Day at Princess Margaret Cancer Center

My 98th Infusion Day at PMH

DONATE TO THE PMCF MBC FUND

Metastatic Breast Cancer Ally | Cancer's A Bitch

BECOME AN MBC ALLY

"Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) is a stage IV uncurable cancer that takes the lives of 5,000 Canadian women every year. MBC is breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast to other organs in the body. It is estimated 20 – 30% of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will develop MBC in her lifetime.*

The average survival for women with MBC is only 2-3 years – something that hasn’t improved in over a decade. And something you have the opportunity to help change.

Rethink Breast Cancer is launching a new movement that seeks to double the survival rate of women driving system change and funding MBC research. Our goal is ambitious and requires thousands of committed, active allies. Will you join us?

When we stand together, we strengthen our power to drive change and improve the lives of all women with breast cancer."

MAKE YOUR PLEDGE HERE