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Spring Pink Bag Event in Huntington Station, NY

UBCF is hosting a multi day Pink Bag Event in Huntington Station, NY from Saturday, March 23 through Wednesday, March 27, 2024. The UBCF Pink Bag Event is free of charge and open to breast cancer patients and survivors, regardless of gender. People are welcome to apply from…

UBCF Hosts “Gifts of Comfort and Hope” Mattress and Pink Bag Event in Warwick, RI

UPDATE 4/11/2024: We are still accepting Eligibility Questionnaires! This Spring, UBCF will gift queen size therapeutic and restorative mattresses to breast cancer patients and survivors in Warwick, Rhode Island on April 27, 2024. Fellow breast cancer organization, Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, is helping spread the word,…

United Breast Cancer Foundation and Brookfield Properties collaborate on Pink Bag Events® during Breast Cancer Awareness Month

UBCF donated thousands of Pink Bags loaded with gifts to Breast Cancer patients and survivors nationwide HUNTINGTON, N.Y. November 30, 2023 UBCF and Brookfield Properties collaborated for the second consecutive year to support breast cancer patients and survivors at Pink Bag Events across the country this past October. …

Bob’s Journey

Bob is a passionate and brave man with a dazzling sense of humor. Bob is also living with metastatic breast cancer. He and his husband Tony live in Connecticut with their two cats, who they lovingly refer to as ‘Mama’ and ‘Baby’.  A couple of years before being…

United Breast Cancer Foundation and Brookfield Properties collaborate on Pink Bag Events® for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

UBCF joins forces with Brookfield Properties to donate “Pink Bags” loaded with gifts to Breast Cancer patients and survivors. HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 13, 2022 UBCF and Brookfield Properties are pleased to announce a collaboration in which breast cancer patients and survivors will receive Pink Bags filled with gifts…

United Breast Cancer Foundation collaborates with Nine Line Apparel for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Nine Line Apparel offers limited edition Breast Cancer themed apparel benefiting patients and survivors. HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (PRWEB) OCTOBER 7, 2022 United Breast Cancer Foundation is proud to announce our collaboration with Nine Line Apparel to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Together, UBCF and Nine Line Apparel have created a…

Crystal’s Journey

In May of 2019, at only 38 years old, Crystal was diagnosed with stage 2 ER PR positive breast cancer. She had just begun the process for international adoption when she found out the news. Despite breast cancer running in her family, she was surprised at her diagnosis,…

Happy Mental Health Month from UBCF

As May comes to a close, so does mental health month. However, this does not mean the conversation about mental health should come to a close. Battling breast cancer takes a toll not only on one’s physical health, but also one’s mental health. It can be draining spending…

Happy Mother’s Day from UBCF

Mother’s Day means something different to each of us, and here at United Breast Cancer Foundation, we wish all moms a very happy Mothers Day. Being a Mother is a title not simply reserved for women who give birth. Moms come in all sorts of packages – and…

Start Your Peer To Peer Fundraiser for UBCF Today

United Breast Cancer Foundation is a national nonprofit that serves women, men, and families facing a breast cancer diagnosis as well as those in need of early detection services. We have developed a new way for the community to get involved and make a positive difference in the…