What inspired the event?

In 1989, Joyce Wetter lost her fight against breast cancer.  Despite months of treatment, surgeries and determination, this horrific disease took her at an early age of just 49. To this day, I clearly remember her fighting battle, her will to live and also the financial means necessary to get her the help she required. When you see someone suffer greatly from a disease, then hold their hand as they pass on, it is life changing. My mother is the real light that leads my path in the journey to help other women.

In March of 2009, our sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. As a single woman, who had just started a new job, her treatments made her so weak and ill she could not work. She didn’t have income, and then, didn’t have insurance.  Despite the progression of her cancer, there was hope she would survive the disease. But how could she survive without financial help? Within weeks of our sisters diagnosis, our assistant at our office was also diagnosed. So HELP THE FIGHT began.

Both Dave and myself wanted to be able to help breast cancer patients, currently fighting this disease, especially with our country’s economic situation.