Survivor Spotlight

May 21, 2024

Survivor Spotlight: Connie Bootz

In May 2023, I was diagnosed with DCIS breast cancer. It was random and detected by my annual mammogram. I felt…

March 4, 2024

Survivor Spotlight: Cara Sapida

I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic when most of the state was completely closed…

January 15, 2024

Survivor Spotlight: Marie Mulvenna

My diagnosis My breast cancer journey began unexpectedly when I hit my head and experienced ringing in my ear. At age…

June 30, 2023

Survivor Spotlight: Joylette Portlock

Joylette Portlock has been getting mammograms for years. Before her mother passed away of metastatic breast cancer at the age of…

April 18, 2023

Survivor Spotlight: Jennifer Preuss

My journey began in July 2021, when I found a mass on my left breast and was diagnosed with Stage 3…

March 17, 2023

Survivor Spotlight: Faith Bevitz

How did your breast cancer journey begin? In October 2014, I had a busy day scheduled.  As I was showering, I…

August 2, 2022

Mary Lapos, Montour County

as told to PBCC Centre County Captain Tammy Miller Tucked away in the beautiful farmlands of Montour County, in her small,…

May 19, 2022

Survivor Spotlight: Barbara Fox

Barbara Fox, Lebanon County  1. You are a proud stage III survivor. How did you first learn of your breast cancer…

April 13, 2022

Survivor Spotlight: Melissa Shiner

When Melissa, a mother of 5 daughters and grandmother of two, was 35 years old, she started getting annual mammograms. She…

February 3, 2022

Thriver Spotlight: Dawn Hirsch

In 2019, I was being treated for allergies and about to start allergy shots. I had a feeling something wasn’t right…