Meet Evelyn
Evelyn has breast cancer, but that hasn’t kept her from cracking jokes with anyone who will listen. Making people laugh is one of the ways Evelyn takes care of others. It helps keep her feeling better, too.
Evelyn has breast cancer, but that hasn’t kept her from cracking jokes with anyone who will listen. Making people laugh is one of the ways Evelyn takes care of others. It helps keep her feeling better, too.
For Lacey, the hardest part of having breast cancer is not the chemo sessions, which leave her exhausted. It’s not losing her hair and eyelashes, although she admits to feeling out of place sometimes now that her hair has fallen out. And it’s not having to spend so much time at home due to the…
As the executive director of the Sue DiNapoli Ovarian Cancer Society, Susan is a supporter of Project Angel Heart’s mission. Every year, the society provides a grant to Project Angel Heart to ensure that women with gynecological cancers in Colorado Springs receive nutrition meals. But this year, Susan got to know Project Angel Heart in a way…
We welcomed a very special guest at this year’s Bread & Butter Club Reception: former client Erin P. Last year, Erin shared her story with us about receiving Project Angel Heart meals during her breast cancer treatments. We were thrilled to hear this update from Erin:
Erin didn’t feel sick. The 39-year-old public health nurse, wife, and mother of two ate well and exercised. She wasn’t at high risk for cancer. But one day, she felt something unusual in her breast. And, after a series of doctor’s appointments and tests, she got the phone call every woman dreads. It was her…
Roberta Olson doesn’t want to be a burden to her two adult children. But, as a 53-year-old living with stage 4 cancer, she finds herself in the unexpected position of relying on them for almost everything. That’s one of the reasons the medically tailored meals delivered to her door by Project Angel Heart volunteers mean…