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PILLOWS PROTECT POST SURGICAL INCISIONS WHILE SLEEPING AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION TO TENDER AREAS FOLLOWING SURGERY AND WHILE RECEIVING CHEMO THERAPY AND RADIATION. 600 PILLOWS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2023. 17325 JOIN THE JOURNEY ANNUAL WALK: THIS WALK HELD IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION AND DIRECT SUPPORT FROM OUR ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE 67 PARTICIPANTS IN 2023. 6482 THE PINK RIBBON MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: THIS IS A VOLUNTEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES EMOTIONAL, INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT. IN 2023, OVER 900 WOMEN HAVE BEEN SERVED BY 28 MENTORS. THE MENTORS HAVE VOLUNTEERED APPOXIMATELY 2400 HOURS OF TIME. BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: THIS GROUP OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND THIER CAREGIVERS. THEY OFFER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS A NETWORK OF INFORMATION BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. 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TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, JOIN THE JOURNEY SPONSORS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION/OUTREACH AND DIRECT PATIENT SUPPORT. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 MOONLIGHT PILLOW PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES PILLOWS TO BREAST CANCER PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. PILLOWS PROTECT POST SURGICAL INCISIONS WHILE SLEEPING AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROTECTION TO TENDER AREAS FOLLOWING SURGERY AND WHILE RECEIVING CHEMO THERAPY AND RADIATION. 600 PILLOWS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2023. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 JOIN THE JOURNEY ANNUAL WALK: THIS WALK HELD IN ROCHESTER MINNESOTA RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND PROVIDES THE COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION AND DIRECT SUPPORT FROM OUR ORGANIZATION. THERE WERE 67 PARTICIPANTS IN 2023. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 THE PINK RIBBON MENTORSHIP PROGRAM: THIS IS A VOLUNTEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES EMOTIONAL, INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIENTIAL SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT. IN 2023, OVER 900 WOMEN HAVE BEEN SERVED BY 28 MENTORS. THE MENTORS HAVE VOLUNTEERED APPOXIMATELY 2400 HOURS OF TIME. BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: THIS GROUP OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND THIER CAREGIVERS. THEY OFFER EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS A NETWORK OF INFORMATION BASED ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. MEMBERS INCLUDE NEWLY DIAGNOSED INDIVIDUALS, THOSE GOING THROUGH TREATMENT, CAREGIVERS AND SURVIVORS OF ALL AGES. IN 2023 THERE WERE 146 PARTICIPANTS. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 MAKING WAVES PROGRAM: THIS IS A FLOATING SUPPORT GROUP OF JOIN THE JOURNEY. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS WHO ENGAGE IN REPETITIVE ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS PADDLING, DEVELOP A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. EQUIPPED WITH THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF DRAGON BOATING, A GROUP OF ENTHUSIASTIC BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND SUPPORTERS PADDLE EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE SUMMER ON SILVER LAKE IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA AND HOLD QUARTERLY SOCIAL EVENTS. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO MEET IN THE WINTER MONTHS FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. OUR DRAGON BOAT HOLDS A CREW OF 21 AND WE HAD 180 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS IN 2023.