Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks

BCFO provides short-term, non-medical financial assistance to residents of southwest Missouri and the Four States (Joplin) area in current treatment for breast cancer with demonstrated financial need. Find our application form here: https://www.bcfo.org/our-serv/financial-assistance-program/

We believe in you and we want you to continue believing in yourself. Wake up every day and choose to keep fighting and keep choosing hope.

Don't ignore the warning signs. Early detection saves lives. Schedule your mammogram today! #mammogramssavelives

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, our office will be closed today, Monday, January 18th. We will return to normal business hours on Tuesday, January 19th.

MYTH: Wearing an underwire bra is associated with the risk of breast cancer. FACT: There is no evidence to support that bras cause breast cancer. However, underwire bras are associated with breast pain or breast tenderness. Source: https://baptisthealth.net//12-common-breast-cancer-myths-/

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. At BCFO, we know breast cancer patients are fighters. Be strong and fight on.

A big thank you goes out to the Missouri State Troopers' Association, and Missouri State Highway Patrol for participating in the Pink Patch Project! They still have some patches left and available to purchase here: https://pinkpatchproject.com/ BCFO can help more families get through breast cancer treatment with your financial help. #MSHP #BCFO

BCFO provides free screening mammograms to the uninsured and underinsured. We partner with local hospitals and health organizations to improve breast cancer screening rates. Early detection saves lives! Find out more about our organization on our website: www.bcfo.org

Most breast cancers are found in women who are 50 years old or older, but breast cancer also affects younger women. About 11% of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than 45 years of age. The Bring Your Brave campaign provides information about breast cancer to women younger than age 45 by sharing real stories about young women whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Find out more here: https://www.cdc.gov/canc/breast/young_women/bringyourbrave/

BCFO is thrilled to promote a first-ever fundraiser in the Ozarks. The Joyce Hernandez Memorial Car Show and Grudge Race sponsored at the Ozark Raceway Park in Rogersville. #ozarkracewaypark We are stepping out onto new ground with this one and hope car and racing enthusiasts will join us to honor her memory and help BCFO care for more families dealing with breast cancer this year! Artie Dow https://www.facebook.com/events/860857687820785/?active_tab=discussion

Limiting generosity to one day? Impossible in the Ozarks! In the spirit of keeping the spirit alive, here's your 2nd chance at #GivingTuesday. Please consider donating to The Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten Children’s Fund. This fund allows our community to provide for young children whose parents are facing a breast cancer diagnosis through this unprecedented year. BCFO will give a $100 Christmas gift card to each child in the home of one of our 2020 breast cancer clients. Donate by texting bcfochildren to 243-725 OR click the donation button on the Children’s Fund page at: https://www.bcfo.org//financial-assistance/childrens-fund/

Many factors over the course of a lifetime can influence your breast cancer risk. You can’t change some factors, such as getting older or your family history, but you can help lower your risk of breast cancer by taking care of your health in the following waysmaintaining a healthy weight, limit alcohol intake, exercise regularly, and if you have a family history of breast cancer or inherited changes in your BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, talk to your doctor about other ways to lower your risk.

Myth: If you have a family history of breast cancer, you are likely to develop breast cancer, too Fact: While women who have a family history of breast cancer are in a higher risk group, most women who have breast cancer have no family history. Statistically, only about 10% of individuals diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of this disease. Source: https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org//if-you-have-a-famil/

We LOVE the Nixa high school cross country team! They raised more than $1300 for Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks this year by selling these awesome shirts. Meet our new friends Catherine Cruise (left) and Carlee Brumley. We are so grateful to Nixa CC Coach Lance Brumley and his wife Chris for all their work this year. Your team #nixacrosscountry is making a real difference in southwest Missouri #Let’sGo We still have shirts for sale!!! call 417862 -3838, long and short sleeve