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Getting a breast cancer diagnosis can be life-changing, forcing you to face many complex medical, emotional, legal, and financial challenges. LBBC offers a community of support — from closed Facebook groups to volunteer opportunities to DIY fundraising and more — to help you get through it, together.

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Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow.

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Sharing your time and talents is a powerful way to make life better— yours and others. The right volunteer project can help you meet new people and become part of a community or learn new skills and improve your health while paying it forward to others who share similar experiences. Hosting a fundraiser for LBBC can help you build community and help us reach more people impacted by breast cancer.

Whether you’re in treatment, living with a history of breast cancer, living with metastatic breast cancer, are a friend or loved one of someone impacted by breast cancer, or you’re just someone who cares, we welcome your help.

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