Carrie’s TOUCH is a national nonprofit whose mission has always been to humanize Black women and their experiences with breast cancer. We are one of the oldest organizations solely focused on the support, outcomes, and thriving of Black women and men breast cancer patients and survivors.
A longtime and trusted community leading organization, Carrie’s TOUCH is literally about changing lives. We boldly and fearlessly stand on the frontlines daily for Black women. As we look to the next twenty years, we are reimagining who we are and what we do. We are champions of the narrative that “Black women can and do live well.”
However,
Black women have a 41% higher rate of breast cancer mortality than White women. We are committed to shifting the needle.
Today, you can join us to #endthe41percent
This BDOG, we will raise $41,000 to provide crucial resources and ongoing support to breast cancer patients and survivors.
Our mission: To humanize the Black woman and her experience with breast cancer
Our vision: To Save More Black Women
Whether or not you're new to the Carrie's TOUCH family, it is no secret that Black women are dying of breast cancer at a 41% higher rate than White women. What you may not know is this statistic hasn't changed in over 20 years. It's time to ask ourselves why.
At Carrie's TOUCH, we humanize the Black woman and her experience with breast cancer through survivor support, research, awareness and education, advocacy, and technology.
We know that Black women are more likely to have poorer quality-of-life outcomes after a diagnosis of breast cancer. So, our first priority has always been to serve our women.
Needs
For the past four years, the focus of Carrie's TOUCH's Big Day of Giving fundraising efforts is to raise funds for our Survivor Support and Rapid Response programs. Funds raised enable us to offer resources for mental and emotional wellbeing, and to address basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, medical co-pays, utilities, and more.
We can't do this alone. It takes a village to support those in need. Our women need us, and we need you. It is time to end the 41%. Together we can do this.
Call To Action: We have many opportunities to improve the quality of life for Black women, and with each life that we enhance, we take another step toward addressing this disparity. We have a long road ahead of us to end the 41%, but every donation to Carrie’s TOUCH helps us help another woman. We need you.