Impactone Breast Cancer Foundation

IMPACT ONE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION WILL PROVIDE PROMPT SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO THOSE IMPACTED BY BREAST CANCER. OUR VISION IS TO ALLEVIATE THE BURDEN EXPERIENCED BY WOMEN DURING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT AND RECOVERY BY OFFERING PROSTHESIS, BRAS, WIGS AND POST-SURGICAL GARMENTS.

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS- IMPACT ONE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 832 HOPE BOXES TO BREAST CANCER PATIENTS WHICH PROVIDED ITEMS NEEDED IN THEIR RECOVERY, SUCH AS PROSTHESIS, BRAS, WIGS AND POST-SURGICAL GARMENTS. WE ALSO INCLUDE OTHER PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, EDUCATION, SEMINARS, MASTECTOMY FITTER, RESOURCES TO HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND CARETAKERS, OR SIMPLY BEING A FRIEND TO LISTEN IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.WE ARE DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FEMALE BREAST CANCER FIGHTERS. OUR IMPACT ONE CIRCLE BELIEVES THAT NO WOMAN SHOULD HAVE TO BATTLE CANCER ALONE. OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THEY GET PROPER SUPPORT, PRODUCTS AND RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP ELIMINATE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDENS. IMPACT ONES PRODUCT INVENTORY IS 100% SUPPORTED BY MONTHLY DONATIONS THROUGH VARIOUS HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS AND HOSPITALS SUCH AS MAYO CLINIC, HANGER CLINIC, PARIS WIGS, TINAS TREASURES, BRILLIANT CONTOURS, AND FIKES BRACE & LIMB AS A SOURCE FOR PRODUCT DONATIONS TO IMPACT ONE.THESE DONORS HAVE ALLOWED THE ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE TO BE FULLY STOCKED WITH A LARGE NEW PRODUCT INVENTORY TO BE SUSTAINED FOR FUTURE YEARS. ADDITIONAL ALLIANCES ARE BEING ADDED YEARLY TO OUR PRODUCT SUSTAINING PARTNERSHIPS. SINCE IMPACT ONES INCEPTION IN 2015, WE HAVE FULFILLED ALMOST 2,600 PATIENTS REQUEST THROUGH OUR INVENTORY (HOPE BOX). IN 2021, WE SENT OUT 832 HOPE BOXES. WITH OUR SUSTAINED INVENTORY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REACH MORE IN 2022. OUR GOAL IS TO IMPACT EACH INDIVIDUAL WOMAN, MEETING HER WHEREVER SHE FINDS HERSELF IN HER PERSONAL BREAST CANCER JOURNEY AND PROVIDE HER WITH NEEDED FUNCTIONAL ITEMS TO SUPPORT HER PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL RECOVERY (HOPE BOX), HELP TO OBTAIN BREAST CANCER SCREENING INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ON BREAST HEALTH AS WELL AS BREAST CANCER.ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2021--RECEIVED APPROX. 700 INCOMING CALLS FROM WOMEN OR FAMILY MEMBERS NEEDING RESOURCES AND DIRECT SUPPORT.-BEGAN WORKING WITH SORTLY AN INVENTORY PLATFORM TO PREPARE ALL INVENTORY IN THE CLOUD TO FOR 2022.-COMMUNITY EVENTS WITH CHAPMAN FORD. ONE WAS A BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT THAT WENT ON FACEBOOK LIVE AND HOSTED SURVIVORS AT THE EVENT. ANOTHER FOR SORTING AND PACKING ALL INVENTORY TO PREPARE FOR 2022. OVER 1,000 ITEMS WERE PACKED AND COUNTED.-PARTICIPATED IN A HEALTH FAIR FOR LATIA STRONG. PROVIDING BREAST HEALTH RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY. -THE FOUNDATION PARTICIPATED IN A VIRTUAL OUTREACH EVENT WITH THE LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. THE VIRTUAL PARTNERSHIPS WERE UNIVISION AZ, AARP AND HAY MAS ADELANTE. THE FOCUS FOR THIS EVENT WAS ON HEALTH WE WERE AN ADDED RESOURCE TO THEIR EVENT.-AMBASSADORS PARTICIPATED IN INVENTORY SORTING WITH YOUTH IN THE EAST VALLEY. THEY WERE ABLE TO SORT AND INVENTORY WIGS FOR OUR 2022 INVENTORY.-CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH MAYO CLINIC, HANGER CLINIC AND BRA RECYCLERS TO SUSTAIN OUR IN-KIND DONATIONS FOR HOPE BOX PROGRAM. -WE CONTINUE TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA DAILY TO DO OUTREACH AND GIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO PATIENTS AND THE SUPPORTERS.-AMBASSADORS WITH STATE FARM INVENTORY SORTING FOR OUR HOPE BOX OVER 2,000 ITEMS INCLUDING YOUNG WOMENS ORGANIZATION IN GILBERT ARIZONA SORTED AND CLEANED WIGS FOR OUR HOPE BOX PROGRAM. SORTED AND CLEANED 100 WIGS. -WE CONTINUED TO GROW AND EXPAND OUR AWARENESS AND CREATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH BAG-IT, ADVANCE CANCER CENTER, CUREALEAF, AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY REFERRAL SOURCE, SUSAN G. KOMEN REFERRAL SOURCE, FUN FACTORY, CHAPMAN FORD.WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING HELPING AND IMPACTING WOMEN IN THEIR BREAST CANCER JOURNEY IN 2022.