Recent Grant from Legacy Foundation
LEGACY FOUNDATION: Pink Ribbon Society received a $12,500.00 grant from the Legacy Foundation. $6,000.00 was also received from the Legacy Women’s Philanthropy Fund and an Anonymous Fund ($6,500.00) to support the Pink Ribbon’s Patient Financial Assistance Expansion Program.
This grant will allow Pink Ribbon to increase its underwriting of mammograms, ultrasounds, and other breast screenings that are needed in our community. Our breast care program is designed to serve the uninsured, underinsured, or those who don’t have the means to pay for these lifesaving tests.
Due in part to COVID, our community is experiencing a backlog in the performance of breast screenings. Also, due to COVID, others have lost their jobs, coverage, and benefits, no longer qualifying under insurance plans for annual assessments.
This funding will provide additional revenue to help cover the costs for those no longer covered under other plans.
We want to extend our sincere gratitude to the Legacy Women’s PhilanthWomen’snd and the Anonymous Fund for their generosity. These funds will make a difference in our community as we receive more than the usual amount of requests for support.
Thank you.
Awarded Two Golden Community Awards
PINK RIBBON SOCIETY GOLDEN COMMUNITY AWARD
The Golden Community Award is being presented to Rhonda McColly-Fleener, recognizing McColly Charities’ of the Pink Ribbon Society and the many men and women we serve in Lake, Porter, Jasper, and Newton Counties in Northwest Indiana.
During one of our spring fundraisers, McColly Charities generously provided $ 5,000 in matching funds earlier this year, bringing our campaign total to over $ 10,000. In addition, they were a major sponsor for our Annual Breast Cancer Luncheon, donating over $ 10,000 in-kind contributions to our annual event.
We sincerely appreciate McColly Charities and McColly Real Estate for recognizing the importance of providing services and programs to those in our community whose lives have been touched by breast cancer.
Pictured are, left to right, Ann Peters, Founder/President of Pink Ribbon Society, Rhonda Mc
Colly-Fleener, McColly Charities, and Kathie Dinga, Pink Ribbon fundraising committee member.
The Golden Community Award was presented to Southlake Nissan/Kia co-owner Greg Chip for the dealership’s support of the men and women in our community whose lives have been touched by breast cancer.
In 2019, Southlake began raising funds each year during October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and has donated over $26,000 to the Pink Ribbon Society to date.
We sincerely appreciate Southlake’s support of our organization and the people we serve in Lake, Porter, Jasper, and Newton Counties in Northwest Indiana.
Pink Ribbon Founder/President Ann Peters, Southlake Nissan/Kia co-owner Greg Chip, and Pink Ribbon Secretary/Treasurer Maura Rowley are shown below (l to r).
Strack’s Check Out Challenge Was Amazing
We want to Extend a genuine and sincere Thank You and appreciation to Jeff Strack, Dave Wilkinson, and the excellent Stracks team that operated the registers and, of course, the many customers who “rounded up” at the register to benefit our organization and those we serve.
To date, Pink Ribbon has received $ 265,183 from this fantastic program. The money received from the Check Out Challenge has been instrumental in our organizations, our community, and the programs we provide.
Below are Fatima Shabaz, Ann Peters, Rhonda McColly-Fleener, Dave Wilkinson (President Strack & Van Til), Maura Rowley, and Kathie Dinga.
THANK YOU!!!!
JOHN W ANDERSON FOUNDATION: Pink Ribbon Society has received a $5,000 grant from the John W. Anderson Foundation. The funds have been earmarked to expand the PRS Patient Financial Assistance Program, which provides prepaid gift cards that can be used for groceries, medication, childcare, transportation, and many other services for those in treatment following a breast cancer diagnosis.
It is not uncommon for a patient in treatment to be unable to work, jeopardizing their household income. The prepaid gift cards help to offset some of the lost revenue.
With the presence of COVID and the loss of jobs and benefits, there has been an increase in requests for those needing financial assistance.
The importance of grants is significant as we move into 2022. They are valuable resources for organizations such as Pink Ribbon, allowing us to achieve our goals and missions and help those in our community who reach out to us for support.
We want to thank John W. Anderson for acknowledging our programs and services.