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Welcome to the From Our Hearts web site. Here you will find news about Coming Events, Merchandise for Sale to help the cause, People and Organizations we are helping, and the many people that are helping us achieve our goals on our Links, Coming Events and Past Events pages. If you would like to know a little more about why our organization was formed and what our goals are be sure to stop by the About Us page. Also read an open letter titled Save One Life written by one of our founding members, Bob Elder, that may shed some light on why people are driven so hard to help others.
Need to contact us? Please e-mail us at From Our Hearts e-mail and let us know how we can best contact you whether via e-mail, snail mail or phone. For immediate needs we can be contacted via cell phone at 239-281-6487.
8th Annual Pine Island Breast Cancer Benefit "BREAST FEST 2009" Total proceeds:
$42,000.00
Thank you to all that helped make this years event such a success. We could never do it without the help of all the volunteers, vendors, the bands, and the community.
Follow this link for pictures from the Breast Fest 09 walk.
Follow this link for pictures of the Breast Fest 09 bands.
Follow this link for general pictures of Breast Fest 09.
Save the date - the 2010 Breast Fest will be held March 13th, 2010
The 2009 Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Show was held January 26th at the Sandy Hook Restaurant. All of the female models were breast cancer survivors and one male breast cancer survivor also modeled. Fashions were supplied by Belk and we are very grateful for their time and effort to help us put the show together. Thank you to Nicole of the Sandy Hook Restaurant, the community and all that contributed their time to make this event a success. The grand total raised to help local breast cancer charities was:
$4,600.00
Click on this link for pictures from the event.
Want to know how the money donated to From Our Hearts is used? Since April of this year Partners for Breast Cancer Care (a major recipient of donated funds) has helped 144 clients that could not for one reason or another get help. Follow this link for more information.
At the From Our Hearts October meeting, Marci Perry, President of From Our Hearts presented a check in the amount of $25,000.00 to Janet Darnell, Program Director of Partners for Breast Cancer Care. For more information regarding this wonderful organization follow this link.
From Our Hearts recently was able to donate a check for $30,000.00 to the Lee Memorial Foundation From Our Hearts Fund that was formed to help those having more advanced needs such as chemotherapy, radiation and advanced medications in the Pine Island/Cape Coral areas.
Due to the great success of the 2006 Breast Fest event, we were able to present a check for $50,000.00 to Partners for Breast Cancer Care, a wonderful organization that is working very hard to help those in need of Breast Cancer Care in Pine Island, Cape Coral, Ft. Myers and all of theLee County area. Follow this link for a picture.
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