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Operation VICKI 2018

Last year was really powerful for Operation VICKI!!

Our namesake, Vicki Harris, had the opportunity to attend the 2017 earlier.org Research Grant Announcement reception. This was the very first time she was around this amazing group of people. While at the event, earlier.org’s photographer Robert Chou shared that he was beginning a project titled “Exposing Hope: Celebrating Survivors” in honor of his grandmother {a breast cancer survivor} and he asked Vicki if she would be a part of it. The next morning, we met Robert at his studio and he began photographing Vicki. At one point, he stopped…and shared some of the photos on his camera with her. The look on her face was shocking to me!! As she gazed down at the photos, I could see her face light up and I realized that at that moment…she remembered how genuinely beautiful she is. Breast cancer and surgery and treatment and life had temporarily taken that away from her. Immediately, I was even more committed to the cause of identifying an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Vicki shared her experience with other women…and now one of them will be featured in Robert’s 2018 edition of “Exposing Hope: Celebrating Survivors.”

This year Operation VICKI has set a goal to generate $3000 by July 1, 2018.

This is significant, because not only will this funding honor an awesome individual, it will be tagged as 'research restricted' and that means that 100% of every dollar you donate will go directly toward research!

Your donation will also help to insure that the SCLGA can reach our $40,000 goal so we can fund ANOTHER full research grant in 2019. I promise you...your donation of any amount helps us all get one step closer to an earlier detection test for breast cancer! All money raised goes directly towards funding research seeking an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. We will be featuring various businesses each month who will be participating in our efforts - they will be featured right here on this page with a direct link to the business!

We are sticking with the same overall theme as last year...because each letter of her name still brings to mind an element of what we are doing here...

V ictory

I nitiative

C harity

K indness

I nspiration

Sadly, three years later, breast cancer is STILL a problem. A really BIG problem. Everywhere. And three years later, the effects of her treatments still plague her...and they always will, for the rest of her life.

I've learned from my friends at Earlier.org - Friends for an Earlier Breast Cancer Test how much better it would be for patients like Vicki if the cancer could be found years earlier! And YOUR contribution helps us get closer every day. Closer to less invasive treatment. Closer to fewer side effects. Closer to fewer fatalities. This money...these grants...they fund research seeking a biological detection test, such as a blood marker or saliva test, to detect breast cancer far sooner than is currently possible today. Hopefully before a tumor has even formed!

I would also encourage you to consider including Earlier.Org as part of your annual charitable giving. It is such a privilege to work with this group to not only witness their commitment to this goal but also their determination to ensure every dollar is spent to that end.

A most sincere THANK YOU for your consideration!

Your support funds critical research seeking an earlier biological detection test for breast cancer. Your donation, quite simply, will help change the picture of breast cancer forever.

Earlier. Sooner. Now.

Thank you for helping us get there!

Operation VICKI 2018

Thank You - we appreciate your support!