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A Stage 4 Breast Cancer Nonprofit
 
 

OUR PROGRAMS

BEGINNING WITH ONE FAMILY IN 2011,

In 2015 LESLIE'S WEEK gifted five families with A Week Away from Cancer, in 2016 sixteen families, in 2017 twenty-three families, in 2018 thirty-five families, in 2019 thirty-four families with four women dying two weeks prior to their retreat, and combined 2020 and 2021 to gift 46 families.

LESLIE'S WEEK has gifted A Week Away from Cancer to more than 163 Stage 4 Breast Cancer women and their families, or to more than 725 individuals.

Each year we try and host more families than the year before thanks to our generous partners and donors. The famous Dollywood DreamMore Resort is our destination in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains. We check in the first week of August. Our families Create Memories that Outlast Cancer in a Celebration of Life!

 
 
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A FORUM DESIGNED FOR
EMOTIONAL HEALING, COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, BONDING & SHARING

CIRCLE4STAGE4 is a discussion forum for Stage 4 Breast Cancer women to meet and bond in their common disease. The outcomes have been positive and profound in the release of the isolation felt by these women in their Stage 4 Breast Cancer experience. They make friends with those who share their commonalities of therapies, treatments, pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, and progression. They bond and form avenues of communication. This program provides each woman the opportunity to develop friendships and a circle of support that extends beyond the mountains of Tennessee. LESLIE'S WEEK has a private Facebook page for them to continue their discussion and expand their circle of Stage 4 MBC friends.

 
 
 
 

 

a forum designed to
heal, awaken, network,
discuss, & support

HANDS4GIVERS is a discussion forum for the husbands, partners, and caregivers guided by the experiences of others who lost their loved ones to this disease. Caregivers are isolated, alone, struggling with family finances, pressured by the unknown, and seeing their loved ones in decline and pain each day. They are in financial toxicity with all funds spent on keeping the Stage 4 BC woman alive. This forum allows them to open up and express their rage, fears, and uncertainties about what the future holds for them and their families. Our first forum saw them break down in tears, one caregiver couldn’t talk, and others were venting their rage against this disease. The LESLIE’S WEEK caregivers are never alone after their HANDS4GIVERS experience. The LESLIE’S WEEK private Facebook page for our caregivers aids in their communication and guidance from those who have lost their loved ones.

 
 
 
 

 

a DAY OF
CARING, LOVING,
UNDERSTANDING, & BONDING

CLUB4KIDS is an art expression experience for the children of Stage 4 Breast Cancer women. This creative experience releases their emotions of fear and anxiety. Many are traumatized by watching their mother in decline each day. They are unfamiliar with the emotions they feel and are unable to put them into words. They are in our art expression room with many other children who walk in their shoes. Through this art program, they begin to unleash their fears by creating art pieces representing their anxieties. Many gift their creations to their mothers, who is the first woman they fell in love with.

 
 
 
 

 

Are You Ready For YOUR Voice To Be Heard?

DREAMS4TEENS is a program for teens to experience friendship with those who genuinely understand the emotions, struggles, and victories they face daily while living with their Stage 4 breast cancer mother and it is for those teens who have lost their mother to this devastating disease. DREAMS4TEENS is a safe space for teens to let go and be vulnerable. It is an exciting space for teens to create lifelong memories and friends. It is a loving space where our arms embrace every teen who comes through our open doors. We give teens a community where they grow and find freedom from their isolation, fear, and anxiety. The mission of DREAMS4TEENS is that these connections spark a new dream in the lives of our participating teens. The LESLIE'S WEEK private Instagram page for our teens allow them to continue their discussions with other teens experiencing their same life trials. 

 
 
 
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LESLIE’S WEEK asks for volunteer SECRET SANTAS each year in November. Our Secret Santas select a family and adopt the children for Christmas gifts. The Secret Santas are given the email of the mother if she is alive, or the caregiver. They ask for each child’s Christmas list. The LW Santas select the gifts from their list. They shop, wrap, and ship the gifts to the parents to put under the tree on Christmas Eve. Many of our donors return year after year. This 2021 year we had 95 eligible families and 196 children, of those 76 children had mothers who earned their wings. Join this passionate cause and be a Secret Santa.

 
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LESLIE’S WEEK EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND is designed for the children whose families attended LESLIE’S WEEK’S RETREAT4STAGE4. Our Honorees children are eligible for the LESLIE’S KIDS Educational Fund as described in our Application Details. The grants are in the mother’s name and sent to the institution of higher learning. Our Stage 4 Breast Cancer Women are never forgotten, nor are their children. 

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION DETAILS

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