Living Beyond Breast Cancer
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC), based outside Philadelphia in the United States, is a national nonprofit organization with the mission of empowering all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life. As an education and support organization, the organization’s goal is to help all women affected by breast cancer take an active role in their ongoing recovery or management of the disease, regardless of educational background, social support or financial means.
LBBC is nationally recognized for the quality of its educational programs. The organization calls on many volunteers, including the world’s foremost health care professionals, who generously donate their time and expertise so the organization can offer its services at low or no cost. As of 2007, LBBC had received Charity Navigator’s highest 4-star rating for sound fiscal management for three years in a row. [ [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=9300 Charity Navigator Rating] ]
Programs and services include:
*conferences
*teleconferences
*the toll-free Survivors’ Helpline
*a website
*free quarterly newsletters
*publications for African-American and Latina women
*recordings
*networking programs for survivors and women of color
*health care-provider trainings
*the Paula A. Seidman Library and Resource Center
LBBC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
References
External links
* [http://www.lbbc.org Living Beyond Breast Cancer]
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