Our 2013 Fund Raising Initiative Is Now Underway

We Need Your Help To Continue the Fight!

We are in our 9th year and have
raised over $1.6 million so far!

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By making a tax-deductable donation* today, you are providing hopeful futures
for our loved ones and friends. You may not know someone who has breast
cancer now, but you may soon - let's give everyone a fighting chance.

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Mail your contribution to:

William Raveis Charitable Fund, Inc.
7 Trap Falls Road
Shelton, CT 06484
203.925.4509

About the William Raveis Breast Cancer Research Fund

Over $1.6 million has been raised since 2004. Funding has supported the William Raveis-ACS Patient Navigator Program at the
University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT and the Patient Navigator Program at Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center in Boston, MA. These two Patient Navigator programs combined assisted more than 1,300 patients in 2012.

Through the assistance of these programs, patients navigate through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.  They move from consultations with medical professionals to decisions about treatment to concerns about finances and how to care for loved ones.  The Patient Navigators work with the patients and partner with hospital staff to make sure newly diagnosed cancer patients, their families and caregivers receive the support they need.

Another vital program for cancer patients is The Hope Lodge in Boston, which offers lodging for patients and their companions free of charge while the patient is undergoing cancer treatment. Since it's opening in 2008, the Hope Lodge in Boston has provided over 58,000 nights of free lodging to cancer patients from 46 states and 12 countries, saving them more than $8 million in housing costs. These services are invaluable to those who are traveling to Boston for treatment and may already be feeling the financial medical burden.

Here are sobering facts about this disease in the USA**:

• MA and CT are 2 of the top 5 states for incidence of breast cancer; NY follows closely behind, in the top 15
• Over 200,000 cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the US in 2013; more than 40,000 are expected to perish from this disease this year.
• 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes
• Over 85% of women who get breast cancer have no family history of the disease
• Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer

*Your monetary gift is tax deductible to the full extent of the IRS guidelines.
**American Cancer Society