Voices Newsletter                December 2015    
Shirley Mertz, MBCN President
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As we come to the end of another year, I think there has been real progress about metastatic breast cancer awareness and education, especially when I think back over the last 11 years that I have been a patient advocate and a person living with mbc.

But, awareness is a 365 day a year priority, not just one day or week or even one month out of the year.

MBCN, unlike most organizations, does not solicit donations year round. When you see an email from us, we want you to open it because of the information and support it contains, not the constant 'ask' for financial assistance.  That being said, the end of year is the one time we do ask for your financial support.

So here is our annual appeal: Please support MBCN in its mission to educate, empower and advocate for the metastatic community. We need you!  All individual donations go directly to funding metastatic breast cancer research and we were proud to support grants to 5 metastatic researchers this year for a total of $160,000!

We are honored and truly grateful to our friends who held fundraisers in support of MBCN this year. From the student who donated her birthday money to the exercise instructor who raised thousands of dollars to celebrate her friend who is living with MBC, please know that every donation is gratefully acknowledged and thoughtfully invested. MBCN's Board joins me in wishing you happy holidays and time spent with friends and family.
 
And a good 2016 to us all,
 
Shirley
MBCN President

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