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To this day, we continue to be inspired by our founder, Patricia Franchi Flaherty, who took a courageous stand when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer a second time in 2006. She spent the next two years – the final two years of her life - filled with determination, drive, and an unwavering passion to create Ovations for the Cure of Ovarian Cancer. I was honored to be by her side during those years, watching and helping her to fulfill her dream. Thanks to your continued support throughout the years, we have been honored not only to carry on Patty’s legacy and vision, but also to GROW it.
With your help, we continue to support patients and their families through our Helping Hands Meal Program. This program provides free, healthy, and easy-to-prepare family dinners to patients and their loved ones throughout treatment. More than just a meal, Helping Hands preserves the importance of family mealtime during an incredibly difficult time. It ensures that patients have nutritious food to help maintain their strength which allows families to sit down, share a meal, and simply be together. Because of your continued support, we are now able to provide meals that the entire family can enjoy together – not just the patient – giving back the gift of “family mealtime”. This year alone, OVER 1,400 meals were delivered to local families! Your generosity is making a meaningful difference, one meal and one family at a time.
We continue to send patients one of our Butterfly Bangles and welcome them into our Butterfly Pen Pal Program. This special gift program was created to provide the support that Patty believed was so important - and too often overlooked. This year alone, we gifted an additional 200 Butterfly Bangles to patients, offering each woman a meaningful reminder that she is not alone and that a community is standing beside her. Your generosity helps us continue Patty’s vision of providing not only support, but also hope, connection and a tangible reminder that every patient matters.
This year, we welcomed 95 patients and care partners at our 19th Annual Learning for Living Symposium. This annual eventprovides patients, survivors, and their care partners with access – at no cost to them – to the latest information on ovarian cancer research, treatments, and therapies, while allowing them to connect directly with medical professionals. Our attendees refer to this day as their “Day of Hope and Healing”. Because of your continued support, we have been able to grow the Symposium beyond medical education to embrace the whole person and the entire family. Our afternoon of non-medical and self-care therapies has continued to expand, and this year, we moved into a larger space to create our new Health & Recharge Lounge. The lounge gives patients and their families the opportunity to discover valuable resources while also connecting with certified practitioners who provide services based on relaxation, wellness and healing. What started as a day focused on education has grown into a day of hope, connection, healing and renewal – made possible because of your support.
Our newest program this year is our Mini-Grant Program, created to provide immediate financial assistance to patients and families facing the unexpected financial challenges that can come with an ovarian cancer diagnosis. These grants help ease the burden of essential expenses such as rent, insurance premiums and co-pays, utilities, and other everyday costs that may become difficult to manage during treatment. We are thrilled to share that, to date, we have provided six mini-grants to families in need. While each grant may address a different need, the message behind every grant is the same: you are not alone, and we are here to help. Your continued support makes it possible for us to respond to the needs of patients beyond theirmedical care – providing practical assistance when they need it most.
Ovarian cancer remains the second most common gynecologic cancer in the United States. This year, approximately 19,680 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, and sadly, an estimated 12,740 will lose their lives to the disease. We continue to make a meaningful investment in the fight against ovarian cancer. Each year we proudly donate to Dr. Ursula Matulonis’ Research Fund at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, supporting critical research aimed at improving treatment options and outcomes for women facing this disease. To date, we have donated more than $968,000 directly to Dr. Matulonis’ Research Fund and have directed over $1.8M toward ovarian cancer research initiatives and treatment. Your support is helping us turn hope into action – funding research, advancing treatment, and working toward a future where ovarian cancer is no longer a devastating diagnosis.
We know that all our efforts are only possible because of the contributions and support we receive from donors like you.
Thank you for believing in us and supporting our mission!