For many, getting in a car and driving to work, doctor appointments, shopping, or visiting family and friends is a daily occurrence, made easier by years of driving the same route or the GPS on our cell phones. Amazingly, there … Continue reading →
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“She Could Be My Twin!”: A Unique Firefly Match
Our Firefly Sisterhood “matchmakers” take a great deal into consideration when bringing together a Guide and a woman recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
Read MoreIlluminight 2017: A Night to Remember
This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive. – Alice Waters
Read MoreGreat Minds Think Alike
Firefly Sisterhood was started nearly 3 years ago, in May of 2014, to provide emotional and social support for women facing a breast cancer diagnosis (read how Firefly began in the Founding Story blog).
Read MoreWhy I Give: A Donor’s Story
“Firefly provides emotional support, which is integral to healing,” says Patricia*, a massage therapist and friend of Firefly Sisterhood. When asked why she chooses to contribute financially, she states, “I know that going through treatment is exhausting, devastating, and lonely.
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