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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="60454" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text] When motivated individuals come together, what can be accomplished is profound. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This driving force has kept the Daffodils & Diamonds Luncheon, Auction, and Fashion Show pressing forward for the last 41 years. Since its inception, the committee behind the annual event has made...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Written by S. Wang[/vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/qRI-f398JIw" align="center"][vc_column_text css=""] If my diagnosis were five years earlier, I wouldn’t be having this conversation, and more likely, if my diagnosis is going forward five years later. It would be a whole other conversation - Annette R. Listening to the Signs Annette’s cancer...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/EUUPkvxzk6Q" align="center"][vc_column_text css=""]Incredibly, 2021 marks the 17th anniversary of Carmen Rice’s survival from Stage 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) brain tumor. Originally given six months to live, Carmen beat the odds to become the longest living survivor of the deadliest form of brain cancer. Nothing...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="44660" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""]After sending applications to over a dozen Physician Assistant programs across the country, 22-year-old Erin Janae Lynch was excited to welcome new adventures and changes into her life. She marked this new chapter by spending six weeks volunteering in...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="44036" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]   In 2019, Nancy Warner made up her mind: she was going to get into shape. Being an artist, a computer scientist, and a mother, Nancy had proven that she could accomplish what she sets her mind to. Starting with a...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="43391" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Watching a parent battle a cancer diagnosis is distressing for a child, regardless of their age. Abbey Tulgestke faced many internal and external challenges, seeing her father battle leukemia when she was only 13 years old. Thankfully, she saw her father regain...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="41797" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Growing up as one of eight children, Patrick Mendola never spent much time being lonely. At age 15 he met his soulmate, who was also one of eight. Their extended family continued to grow, eventually tallying 13 nieces and nephews. Surrounded...

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="41384" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]There are so many challenges when it comes to someone’s individual journey with cancer. For Jennifer Brown, the most challenging part was maintaining emotional strength when physical strength seemed unattainable. “I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in October 2011,”...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stay Strong, Be Positive [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="64177" img_size="large"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Sometimes life gets busy and all you can do is put your head down and focus. That was what the autumn of 2017 looked like for Brianne Jaeger. She was a busy mother of two in her mid-thirties...