Pam has high praise for the Pink wig Foundation and its donors: “You are some of the most beautiful people around. Without you, cancer creates barriers. You are assisting people like me in living whatever form of life we have, without financial barriers holding us back in achieving our dreams. You are truly amazing!”
Darla will be off work for at least 8 months while she battles this awful disease, and being a single mom on a limited income, she had the additional stress of finances. Darla was ecstatic when The Pink Wig Foundation chose her as their recipient. With funding from the Pink Wig Foundation she no longer needs to stress over her finances and can now concentrate on her treatment.
Jamie was diagnosed with Triple Negative Invasive Breast Cancer at the age of 28. She was not able to continue working to the same capacity she had been because her chemotherapy treatments left her with a very low immune system, but with the help of The Pink wig Foundation she has maintained a positive attitude: “I just recently began trying to realize that dream with a friend as we are trying to start our own catering business that will hopefully grow into a food truck and ultimately a restaurant.”
Kim had recently bought a new home and was excited to begin a new phase of her life when she noticed a spot on her tongue that turned out to be malignant. She went through extensive surgeries and treatments, including a surgery to remove a substantial part of her tongue, which was then rebuilt using a graft from her forearm. She says, “The Pink Wig Foundation swept the stress away at a critical stage of my fragile health. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the gift of wellbeing.”
Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, Joanne has undergone radiation treatment as well alternative treatments in Germany after a recurrence in 2013.
Kimber-Leigh’s battle with cancer started when she was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer that started with a tumor in her foot.
Jenn says: “Foundations like the Pink Wig Foundation was there to help me through some very hard times and I am so thankful to have had them in my life during this time. I went through many difficult times because of my Cancer diagnosis but I am looking forward to the future and seeing what that brings for me.”
Michelle Lee is The Pink Wig Foundation’s 3rd recipient. She is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse for Correction Services Canada.
