a project I'm very proud of...the completion of Breast Cancer Emergency Fund's website!

Recently, I was part of a team that completed a pro-bono project for an orgnazation that works with something very dear to my heart -- supporting women with breast cancer. Last year in September, I was asked to join a team of AMAZING individuals who were coming together to revamp and recreate the website for Breast Cancer Emergency Fund (BCEF). This project was done through an organization I volunteer for called Taproot. Upon being invited to join the team, I had no hesitatations. Breast cancer has been a part of my life since my mother's first diagnosis of Stage 3 breast cancer 20 years ago when I was only 15 years old. Since then, it has reared it's ugly head again several times and my mom keeps fighting it. Technically, she's been living with Stage 4 metastic breast cancer for 7 years now. An amazing feat!

Upon meeting the staff at BCEF, I was blown away by their intelligence, spunk, creativity in business and huge hearts. BCEF gets financial assistance QUICKLY to women who are receiving treatment and cannot pay their electric bill, their medical insurance, their rent, etc. Essential ingredients for them to LIVE and the last thing they should have to worry about. BCEF wanted to revamp the website and include photographs of their actual clients and donors. I was in!

A few months later after signing on to the project, I was struck with the news that one of my very best friends had Stage 4 Breast Cancer. Now I had witnessed in my mother AND was witnessing it happen to my (younger) best friend. This project took on a whole new light to me, as I met women of all ages who were battling this disease or had beaten it. I could see my mother AND my friend in their eyes. Their strengths, their convictions, their fears, their perseverence, their hearts. All of it. Maybe you see someone you know too...

(Here's the full website to see the completed project and see how you can help -- www.bcef.org)