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2015 MENTORS

Robe s • • Gina Velasquez • Fredlyn Viel • Be rta W J o a n n illiam • agenen tt e y W i V l o l Z l i l cy W ams brech jar iar n Van rry Taylor • Altonia Taylor • Lisa Tay an Nan ek t • Li thlee • D lor Go Tash • Te Zg nd s • • e l • Ka o alina Genny • S i d m e k G a b s a A n l ie l o w r • V b i i W c n n k ie Smit ie euv liam los • al • Luz Ev cia Skow h • Ci Wim n i e Wil den H awn Ta • Patri Telle lace • y• Schuette • Mary Ell ndy Zi ry n n sk y at e ann • Nancy •D S m n z a a m o S e l e S o u c k g h h e b s uetz en czak • Jenn andy a V Sykes r• em Rudel • Vicki Rydell dy S Peggy Sc • An Gre Lis if W tZ n ubner • Ann • • C in S R e L • n er • a J n • a u e a r u t e• r a l n Pa S A s s • June Sand e nc Maria kaug huber Marilyn Pulliam • Renee ers • chulte ny So nn T h • C Wi • A n Ross z • illen a Va uerner • Quick Sc el b n h A nS s• • Pam i nne P et a l l n l • r l o s o e W G k r • i A k • m c s i y v w e P s z a s D ff w e a r a t e l o nroth • ana e r • R • Lau av nS Zi ski ez • M isty o ss p i s h • Y indy Os Kimb eQ nn • Ma n Su ko an y Sc on Le r • dr r ty R rn • C r • a e t a t P u r h d l i y j u e rsbo Norma Meisel • Kim Melcher • Mich a P Za • J xel llee ie Si oede • Be ricia rs lte Betty rtha e W Joe elle M agano no • se O Question • o o ar a r at ck • Lolita Lukach • Jane •K Th • Syl So Te ard tte a n ins nB • C • Ro os en ch • Mc •P yAnn Lue o r L u k i c • Ro nel • C Elaine eres via S im S bu nPa • A Wi Va her se M le S ie R lski mond etchen iesh • Ma ilk aar • Lauralee Krabill • Debra sh olle e ud W ay sem c s a o c P at be Or rilyn Kr K he uck • Gr n r a u h a Q a f t • • K n S s • R Mic s • K Pro dith rson elle L rath • M Joy K ary Ly en Me glia uin dwi ult • Am • A’L r inda Johnson • Jeanette h n r z Jone e ro nson • L u • sc ra b te n rr u s y y • An Sipe ml dge De il • J cPh • Mic ise Ko onna Joh • H olly se • Sh • Mol ill Br • Pe • Th h • R Ho So u anie Holmes • Cynthia Hooker ow ly a M cke • Lo ra Ro e • Ne g Jo ll e e n•D r • Mel u • n r A e e n ch rie Pric a O Elen ie Lu doff ne s en Mac n • gy P res th y nso lis Holde • Suprina Gunn-Hayes • Su s r • n Joh Sa Kre Do Do ap a yl san H tte Ho • Ann Gullotti au ia lis nn Car Ko ise d p n e • Ph s e R a Rose o J g • a n r b e G n s a t r t e a J e o s i o • r ric • Me cGi e • eggy • Lou irthe tti • od Judy G n ald i Me nfu e ma arah G •A • w n• ullo auv M • T st • tz s tt • S L J i H n n Lo r • P on aH i o el G os a arre f ing • Lisa Farr • Lucy F e • • a a n s f w n y G r E n a r B i s t e • Lor he ani ann e K nn P th Gi dna isa ohn Don Mich Ethel Karen i Fe M rH Ho e An • • • g • Janice DeLeon • Ch E om n J ns • e• n Jo reu a r ey Dederin Eva tz K r ier l i y s l o t i n n n e De Sand Gavi cket man van Kath rea ky har Donna Crow Hi e Gu Gar ra n nd l Re ro • oisatiere • • Nad •M o S •L t•S Fin •A is ra ah tofo ail Cr • a s G R C • a N d e a e n r h cy Cata or Den rba ton owd Cri sto inda han on ox • a Castan lano g a De • er ie C n • Mari • Su Ge n ra a • B hin • V da D ne att o r•J u e d t l n i e s n u B n P r e a r u e n n ner • ne • Gi e gela B cia ia E San ns • OBan Cat rnet nn Be k • An r t a r t i th er • K • h a o y s b e B n o ey esen i • e Cr a • J ow Cas awn Bo k e ck • Vir Br Va um a e•D g ec ne C lah y i B ru n l a Blu e ia B i nt rie • • Virginia Bensyl • D hy eb n i k o o sa Na s l • a at lge •D Ben C Ju Ben •K r di y• rty ze en iane Augens t • l D e e • l i e n P • v B Mar wn ub •E i• tein hy tt y ens B ll -H e n so g r A e • d B e n o u u A n r nie gu er de i nn lA Tina A • u s n ll t d Be in er Pa son s e r o y• • n de re •L An is ca

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navigate a challenging time can make all the difference.

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founding in 1999. In 2015, we added mentors from Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin. Our personalized approach takes

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into consideration the whole person and with each new mentor we

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improve our ability to find the ideal match for everyone we serve.

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My Mentor had more in common with me than a diagnosis and

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treatment plan. She totally understood my fear of leaving my

young daughters without a Mom and my concerns about my illness

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impacting my career because those were concerns she had faced.

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She helped me cope and manage all the parts of my life during the

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hardest time of my life.

On behalf of the board and staff, thank you for your support. You

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make possible the hundreds of personalized match connections

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every year and thousands of support calls through our Helpline.

Support like ours is now recognized by the medical community as an essential part of “survivorship” support, non-clinical services vital to easing the burden of the breast cancer journey.

We invite you to join us in review of our progress and ask you to continue your involvement by helping us maintain and grow programming that develops close meaningful mentoring relationships with those that need them most.

Audrey J. Warner 2015 President Board of Directors

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Even though breast cancer was no

it. But processing and coping with a

stranger to my family, I never thought I

breast cancer diagnosis, and the many

would be dealing with the same battle.

treatment decisions needing to be

Two years prior to my diagnosis, two of

made is an entirely different beast.

my three sisters were treated for breast

I was searching for something to help

cancer. It was a rude awakening when

ease my fears. I decided to dig through

I too was told I had early stage ductal

the pages and folders and binders

carcinoma.

of information that I had received

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Even with all the support my family

thought, “It can’t hurt to give it a try.”

and sisters offered, the knowledge I

gleaned from their experiences, and all

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the research and preparations I made, I found myself struggling with anxiety and fear right before my surgery.

surgery I was having and the same cancer, it’s worth a shot.

Neither of my sisters had the exact

ABCD (Nancy Huck, Helpline Mentor) was

micro surgery I was going to be having,

able to find that someone for me. That

leaving me with a lot of questions.

simple call to the Helpline connected me

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to my first Match Mentor, Therese Quinn.

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I’m normally someone who tackles a

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that has been through the exact micro

problem head on. If there’s a problem, solve it; if something is broken, fix

She helped calm my nerves, answered

all the questions that only someone who

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If they can connect me with someone

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Huck | Men tor ncy Na

Kathy Shaw and Dave Kaufmann

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has been through cancer and my specific

All three ladies were exactly what I

up for ABCD’S Mentor Training program

surgery could answer. She was there

needed at the time I needed them. I

and headed to Illinois for two days of

before and after my surgery, to let me

didn’t have to set up an appointment,

education and training to become a

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vent and listened to all the things that I

fulfill another deductible, or sit in

Mentor to someone in her time of need.

knew she could relate to. I knew I could

a waiting room with six drain tubes

By the end of the two days I found myself

call her if I needed anything: knowing

hanging from my body feeling like I

thinking… “Wow, ABCD is really onto

that was priceless.

was going to pass out. They were a text,

something here.” I knew how important

phone call, or email away. They felt

my Mentors were to me, but to feel the

the raw emotion of the journey only

energy from the breast cancer survivors in

someone who has been diagnosed with

the room who also wanted to voluntarily

breast cancer can connect with.

help those in need was really special.

could link me with to help me through

I am happy to say I have been cancer

ABCD is an organization that speaks to

my healing process. Not only did the

free since November 26th, 2014. ABCD

how I feel our world should be. By giving

match specialist find a Mentor that dealt

and my Mentors were instrumental in

to others selflessly, we foster the desire

with my very specific healing issues

my treatment and my recovery from

to give selflessly in return. I look forward

(Thank you, Jennifer Utter), they also

breast cancer. And for that, I will be

to the day when I get my first call on the

found me another Mentor when I needed

forever grateful.

Helpline or I am matched with my first

support through Phase 2 of the specific reconstructive surgery I had chosen (Thank you, Ellen Benson).

I am so grateful that at the end of 2015 I decided I wanted to give back to the

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to see if there was someone else they

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experience with, I reached out to ABCD

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issues that Therese didn’t have

person and I too can say with a soft ear and warm heart, I understand…

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organization that helped me. I signed

to the day when I get my first call on the Helpline or I am matched with my first person and I too can say with a soft ear and warm heart, I understand…“

Benson | Ment en or Ell

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Metro Chicago Young Professionals Committee – Party with a Purpose Over $27,000 raised and 300+ in attendance! Yes, the May 8, 2015 debut of the Chicago Young Professionals Committee and its first “party with a purpose” was a hit! Guests enjoyed fabulous food, music and heard the personal story of Roxanne Elster a breast cancer survior diagnosed in her mid-twenties. With the support of Pinstripes as presenting sponsor, Committee Founder Brett Horowitz gathered a team of volunteers who recruited more sponsors and threw one amazing mission-focused party. Joining Brett were Committee members Alana Cohen, Melyssa Goldberg, Andrew Neems, Alex Newman, Jordan Multack, Tamara Rosin, and Kara Zelman. This great team secured a diverse roster of sponsors: @Properties, Becker Healthcare, Charter Steel, Chicago Title, Fragrant Isle, Karen Rish Designs, Laurie & Robert Rosin, Linda and Jeffrey Wolfson Family Foundation, Load Delivered Logistics, LYFE Kitchen, Marketing Partners International, Morgan Stanley, Networked Insights, Polk Family Foundation, Ruth & Joe Rosin and The Zelman Family. The Roxanne Elster

Committee’s success means ABCD can continue to expand its personalized support services in Chicago, especially reaching the medically underserved. To connect with Chicago YPC for its next project

or learn how you can host a DIY third-party event, send an email to communications@abcdmentor.org.

Jammin’ 98.3 FM/Energy 106.9 FM sponsors Zumba for ABCD Elite Sports Club in Mequon was filled with high energy and excitement on October 10th as over 100 women and men came to Zumba for ABCD. Sponsored by Jammin’ 98.3FM/Energy 106.9FM, LaTonya Lucas (Marketing/Promotions Director) and her team together with the Elite Sports Club staff put on a 3rd Party Event to benefit ABCD that had everybody moving to the music. It was a morning to remember… a great workout, raffle, healthy treats and a lot of enthusiasm. Our sincere thanks to Jammin’ 98.3FM/Energy 106.9FM, LaTonya and her team as well as the staff at Elite Sports Club of Mequon – your support helps ABCD continue to make a difference in the lives of all those dealing with breast cancer.

LaT din ony a Lucas & Judy Min

Wisconson Broadcasters Association Honors B93.3 FM’s Work with ABCD ABCD has partnered with B93.3 FM since 2009. For our sixth year of partnership, B93.3 launched a new approach to raising the ABCD banner, earning radio hosts CV and Van MacNeil and the station the prestigious Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Award for Best Community Service 2015. For the first five years, the station hosted a day-long radio-a-thon. This year, B93.3 took it up several notches, committing the entire month of October to ABCD’s mission-message. Featuring interviews with program participants, mentors, staff and donors, these stories of impact were shared via radio, web site postings and promoted through television collaborations.

This in-depth approach led to more inquiries for service and a heartfelt email from a listener who decided it was time to train as a mentor. CV joined the story personally, recalling how breast cancer has affected her family. Thank you CV, Van and everyone at B93.3.

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THRIVING IN PARTNERSHIP

Partnership with Baptist Health Leads to Growth in Texas ABCD closed 2015 with a bang - hosting our third New Mentor Training, our second Face-to-Face support workshop and attendance at the world’s largest breast cancer conference, the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Our San Antonio partner, Baptist Health, has hosted three trainings since 2013. ABCD now has 43 dedicated and passionate San Antonio-based mentors who volunteer with both ABCD and Baptist Health.

And, many are Spanish/English bi-lingual. While in Texas, we hosted our signature Face-to-Face gathering for mentors from all three training classes, thanks to Baptist Health’s Kathy Friedrichsen. A highlight moment: a powerful one-to-one connection for a dear friend of a 2014 training alumna who was just diagnosed with Stage 4 and a 2013 training alumna who is a metastatic mentor. Deep learning and valuable networking followed at the symposium where Program Specialist Minerva Cornejo and Deputy Director Kim Melcher met up with the renowned Dr. Susan Love.

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Melodie was 49 when she launched ABCD: After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and only 59 when she lost her battle with breast cancer. Her dedication to ABCD and her belief in the power of one-to-one were second only to her grace and her everlasting spirit.

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$50,000+ Balistreri Owned & Operated Sendik’s Food Markets Brewers Community Foundation, Inc. Harley-Davidson Motor Company Wayne C. Oldenburg United Way of Greater Milwaukee $15,000 - 49,999 Jody & Mark Furlong Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Inc. Metro Chicago Young Professionals Committee Sargento Foods, Inc. Mark S. Young & Liza Longhini

2015 DONORS

The following pages salute the generous people and organizations investing in ABCD”s impact. If you find an error or omission, please accept our humble apology and bring it to our immediate attention for correction.

$7,500 - 14,999 BMO Charitable Fund BMO Harris Boston Store Community Health Charites of Wisconsin Community Health Charities - National Edward U. Demmer Foundation The Institute of Beauty & Wellness, an Aveda Training Center Marcus Hotels & Resorts (InterContinental Hotel Pink Room) Keith Mardak & Mary Vandenberg Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. McKeithan, Jr. Oldenburg Group Incorporated Wakerly Family Foundation Women & Girls Fund of the Waukesha County Community Foundation, Inc. $2,500 - 7,499 Baird Cancer Treatment Centers of America Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Faye’s, Inc. Ginny Finn & Evan Lenhardt Kathleen & Lawrence Gentine Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. Linda E.B. Hansen Margaret Harris Yvonne & George Hoff Johnson Controls Milwaukee Radio Alliance Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill Northwestern Mutual Foundation Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren sc Anna & R.F. Teerlink Audrey & Robert Warner Cathy & Michael White Dennis Zacher & Family $1,000 - 2,499 Catholic Financial Life Deloitte Froedtert and the Medical College of WI Ruth Kallio-Mielke & Steve Mielke MGIC Investment Corporation Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Palermo Villa, Inc. United Way - Metro Chicago Waukesha West High School We Energies Foundation Wisconsin Media Linda & Jeffrey Wolfson

Kara Zelman Diane & Edward Zore $500 - 999 Bonnie Anderson Allen Baum Donna & Donald Baumgartner Bemis Company Foundation Cheryl Biro Blue Mound Golf & Country Club Elizabeth Brenner & Steve Ostrovsky Brookfield Central High School Therese & William Burkhart Jacque & John Busby Charter Steel Training CNA Foundation Cream City Foundation Amy & Thomas Danforth Patricia Denman Claudia Egan Elizabeth & Frederic Friedman Kathleen & Jeffrey Fuller Barbara Gengler Darrel Hackett Mark Hogan Marianne & William Horowitz Natalja Howell Janet & Ken Howenstine Hunzinger Construction Company Impressions Day Spa Sarah & Vladimir Jelencic Kristine & John Kebisek Amy & Thomas Kielma, DDS Linda & Thomas Kinney, PhD Nancy Klind Erna Kljajo Judy & Gary Kuphall Carisa & Jon Ludwig Madison Homebrewers & Tasters Guild MBM Helene Meyer Morgan Stanley Muskego High School - Baseball Booster Club Gayle Nobbs Rose & Ryan Oldenburg William O’Toole Plum Moving Media Jill & Lou Raizin Rufus King International High School Jo & Robert Wagner Wells Fargo West Bend High Schools $250 - 499 Doris & G. Woodrow Adkins Associated Bag AT&T Jocelyn & Ethan Bach Barbara Barrow Char & James Becker Brighton Retail Chicago Title Roman Claas Julia Cochrane Amy & Tony Coffaro Kathleen & Jack Congleton Carrie Cooper

Corporate Financial Advisors Cindy & Mark Donovan, DDS Educators Credit Union Kathleen & Kent Ehley Mary & John Emory Erik Of Norway Barbara Fuldner Elizabeth & Matthew Gabrys Denise & Glenn Goergen Liz & Michael Hayes Hupy & Abraham, sc IBM - Employee Services Center Illinois Credit Union League Inspiration Studio, LLC Michael Jassak Karen Rish Designs Pamela & Steven Katz Patti Keating-Kahn Judith & Gale Klappa Knueppel HealthCare Services, Inc. Nancy Lagowski Sallie & John Lamers Jill & John Langemak Cindy & Peter Laper Load Delivered Logistics Janice & Kevin Lubner Marcus Corporation Foundation Cliff Marks Maureen McGinnity Milwaukee Catholic Home Nick Mollgaard Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille Muskego Junior Warriors Youth Football Networked Insights, Inc. Northern Trust Mary Ellen & Bruce Pindyck Anna Queram Julie & Michael Roberts Nancy Roberts Andrea Roschke Sandra Lee Rubin David Ryan & Denise Ferreira Amanda Schneiker Sisters of Charity & St. Joan Antida High School Kimberly & Jeffrey Strike Margaret & Michael Welch Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation Rebecca & Casey Young James Young II Anita & Jeffrey Zagrodnik Sharon Zalewski Megan Zumach-Ettmayer $100 - 249 Kelly Alvarez Amy’s Candy Kitchen, Inc. Kathleen & Anthony Asmuth III Aspen Medical Aesthetics & Laser Clinic Lauren Bailey Christa Baldrige Amanda Baltz Karen & Kevin Behl Ann & Christopher Behrs Linda Bell Catherine Bennett Bruce Blair

Linda & Mark Blumenthal Felicia Bogdanski Debra Brash Brew City Countertops & Milwork Inc Christy Brooks Traci & Alan Brown Joan & Peter Bruce Judith Budinger C1 Consulting LLC Patricia & Paul Cadorin Lynn & Joseph Casassa Barbara & Marvin Chassin, MD Nancy Claas Valerie Clarke Amelia Coffaro Patrice Connolly Consolidated Communications Foundation Thomas Content Jennifer Cook Anne Crandall Hedy & Alan Daniel Danleys Garage World Diana Del Rosso Rohini Desai Elizabeth & Richard Diehl Jeffrey Dobrinsky Mary & John Dowell Elaine Eisner Todd Endres Barbara Fedor Kristin & Robert Fewel Judy & Tom Fritsch Rocio & Joe Froehlich Deborah Fugenschuh Holly & T. Clark Gamblin, MD Claudia Busalacchi Garber Paul Getto Kathy Glaser-Brown Grandma’s House Day Care Centers, Inc. Brenda & Charles Graves Karen & Daryl Gullicksen Margaret & Wayne Hader Hamacher Resource Group Brenda & Jay Hanamann Leila & Joseph Hanson Marni & Michael Hebert Pamela Henson Louise Hermsen Jeffrey Heymann Jo Hillman Laura & Brian Hirano Christine & John Hojnacki Claire Horowitz Shirley Horton Nancy & David Huck Richard Ippolito Robyn & Alan Jensen Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles Ruth & Fred Joachim Steven Johnson Robin & Marc Joseph Kristen & Robert Joyce Arline & David Kallick Michelle Karch Suzanne & Richard Kelnhofer

Barbara & Scott Klink Joyce & Gerald Knoch Cynthia Korman Lou Ann Koval Linda or Robert Krohn Christina Kuklinski Dana & Dane Lafontsee Sheldon Lavin Deborah & Ira Lavin Rosenberg Laurie Lehman Dawn LeMay Nancy Lepic Lawrence Levine Rita Lewenauer Logistics Management, Inc. Margaret & Kevin Long Carrie & David Lucke Mary Beth Malm Mantel Orthodontics, LLC Martin Luther High School Girls Volleyball Team Vida Matthews Kimberly Maute Jeanne Maxon Heidi Mayer Chris McAuliffe Dennis McEvoy Mary & John Moore, Jr. Kathleen & Tom Mortenson John Murray Mary & James Murray, Jr. Linda Neff Rhodeshia & Benjamin Nelson Marcy Neuburg Jillian & Keith Omdahl Eileen O’Neil Mary Patterson Katherine & Brian Perhach Cynthia & Ronald Pittelkow Steve Plonsker Ellen & Donald Rebhun Reliable Water Services LLC Pat & David Rierson Louise Roepke Criselda Ros-Dukler Stephanie & Gregory Rothstein Mary Rowe Andrea Saewitz Patricia Sara Sara Investment Real Estate LLC Suzanne & James Sass Dee & Robert Schulz Katherine & William Shaffer Kathleen Shields David Short A Silver Lining Foundation Nancy & Steve Sitzberger Katy & Justin Sommer Mary & Daniel Spore St. Robert of Newminister Congregation Mary & Donald Stacy Marilyn & Frank Starck Sandra & Bruce Stark Ray Stevens Denice & Jim Stingl The Brooks Group & Associates, Inc.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Patricia & Thomas Towers Theresa & Timothy Treinen Barbara Ulichny Sandra Underwood, PhD Unique Builders, Inc. United Way Fox Cities United Way of San Antonio & Bexar County Patricia & Paul Van Aacken Laura & Mark Van Genderen Melanie Varin Fredlyn & John Viel Viking Plumbing, Inc. Dawn & Todd Vogelsang Stephanie & Steven Voss Jaclyn & Andrew Warshauer Ann & Joseph Wenzler Linda Werth-Meyer & Tom Meyer Faye & Rick Wetzel Birgitt Winter Carole Wollin Joseph Wouters Leslie Young Amanda Zagrodnik Lisa & Thomas Zdroik Kathryn Zeit Jeannine & Philip Zwieg $1 - 99 Allstate Insurance - The Giving Campaign AmazonSmile Foundation Dawn & Roy Anderson Adam Atest Marko & James Bast Halien & Michael Besaw Carolyn Boehmer Pat Bogenschuetz Michael Brennan Kristin & Paul Brienza Mary Briscoe Julie Brockhus Lisa Brown Rita Burfeind Brianna & Ryan Burt Faith & Norbert Bybee Sandra Callaghan Bonnie & Thomas Callen Bonnie Caravella Sharon & Douglas Cardell Brenda & Roger Carlton Kevin Casey Jose Castro Kristin & Anthony Claas Constance Clark Dan Cole Jennifer & Michael Colla Joanne & Evrett Corcoran Michelle Counsell Joy & Nicholas Covelli Connie & William Cox Lisa & Dan Curran Susan & John Cusatis Suzanne & John Denzine Peggy & Sam Dickman Carrie & Patrick Dlugosch Mary Dodge

Kathryn & Alan Doll Joyce & Paul Donovan Dottke High School Mary & John Dowell Ruth Drizen-Dohs Karen & Timothy Dyn Hoven Wendy & Matthew Evans Janet & Terrence Falk Cindy & Scott Ferguson Peggy & James First Julia Fiul Stacey Forman Donnelly Lucy & Joseph Fox Namia Francis-Moore Katherine Francke Corinne Frieberg Jerome Friesch Kathleen & Edward Galvan Brenna Gamble Gael Garbarino Cullen Beth Gavin Rosalie Gazzana Jaclyn Geitner Ann Getsla Madeline Gianforte Anne & Frank Gimbel Susan Gleysteen Carolie & Donald Goniu Patricia & Brian Goode Goodshop

01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015

Joan & Jeffrey Grant Karen & Jim Greer Griffiths Truck Service, Inc. Susan Haberman James & Anne-Marie Hanson, Jr. Stacie & Jason Harb Margaret & John Harris Mary Hart Mark Hastings Luanne Hegeman Susan Hejdak Janet Herzfeldt Kay & David Hoerig Danielle Hohnstein Norene Horowitz Shawn Hostettler Sharon & Michael Huebner John Hunzinger Jean Huyler John Jackson Carol Jahnke Vicky Jeffers Karen Jeras Linda & Randal Joeckel Donna Johnson Emily Johnson Sandra & James Johnson

Bonnie & Glen Kahler Renee Kahn Lisa Kaiser Patricia & Jeffrey Kaiser Mary & James Kaminski Paula Keating Sean Kelly Margaret & Marvin Kiefer Anthony Klein Jeffrey Koehler Jennifer Kopetsky Aaron Kopish Karen & Robert Kostrewa Marianne & Fred Kramer Mary Jo & Warren Kuenzi Ellen Odessa & Edward Kuriga Nancy & Charles Kurth Rachel Larrivee Julie Lavin Paula & Mark Lawson Jacqueline & Thomas Liker Carol & George Lofgren Allie Lombardo Amelia Macareno Molly MacDonald Eileen & Christopher Manger Lisa Ann & James Marquardt, Jr. Judy Martinez Kathleen & Vincent McAvoy

01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015

Virginia McCaskey Camille & Frank McGrady Mary Ann McLeod Melanie Miller Judith & Lionel Mindin Mike Mohr Molly’s Gluten Free Bakery James Morrow Allene Muse Kate Muth My Pearl, LLC Kathleen & Terrance Nelson Sally Noonan Morgan Oldenburg Colleen & Dennis O’Toole Mary Otto Maura & Brian Packham Helene Parker Anne & Richard Pastorek Paula Penebaker Gianni Pizzitola Gayle Prater Jill & Jim Raderstorf Kim Raderstorf Jeffrey Raderstrong Kathi & Jay Ratkowski Nora Reedy Bonnie & Charles Revie

Nancy Richards Meghan Richardson Adrian Richfield Linda & Blaine Rieke Marguerite & David Roberts Carmen Roman Jeanie & Rick Rosiak Eddy Sadowsky Gloria & Robert Santilli Len Scarpinato Judith Schenk Christopher Scherer Judith & David Schieble Jeff Schmeckpeper Barbara & Timothy Schmidt Frances Schmidt Lori Schmidt Amy Schneider Mary Schnell Christine Schwartz Debra Serchin Serco, Inc. Patricia & Daniel Seymour MaryPat & Richard Shandor Elena Shebelski Kathy Sieja David Skelly Allison & Zach Stauder Joanne Stecker Cele Stepke Margaret Stratton Joan & Rev. John Suelflow Shannon Svoboda Karen & Kyle Swanson Linda Szafranski Stephanie Szemetylo Anna & Joseph Terc Peter Thompson Grace Tice Cynthia & Laurence Tomsyck W. Ted Tornehl Truist Cynthia & Gregory Uhen United Way in Waukesha County United Way of the Columbia-Willamette Linda & Jay Vanderboom Kathryn & Darin Vincent Colleen Volheim Marilyn & Philip Vollrath Kara Wagner Louise Wakcher Mary Walls Wandering Foot Quilters Janice & John Waters Elizabeth Watters Tamara Weber David Wendland Michelle & Scott Wendt, Jr. Amy Wilbourne Domonic Wilson Rebecca & Nicholas Wilson Susanne Winter Katherine Wolter Devona Wright

Tina & Steven Wroblewski YourCause.com Katherine & Michael Zens Joy & Brian Zirbel Barbara Zisook Pamela Zorko Cheryl Zylka In Honor Of: ABCD’s 15th Anniversary Park Bank Foundation Gloria Alvarez Kelly Alvarez Patty & Ted Balistreri Judith M. Budinger Patty Balistreri Mary Dodge Mrs. Jack Braun Janet E. Herzfeldt Therese Burkhart Camille & Frank McGrady Jeannine & Philip Zwieg Shannon Einhart Reliable Water Services LLC Chris Eisner Elaine Eisner Jody Furlong Darrel Hackett Jody & Mark Furlong Alexandra Dousmanis-Curtis Mary Geitner Jaclyn Geitner Rosemarie Getto Paul Getto Mary Lou Gillstrom Faye & Rick Wetzel Pattie Gotz Bonnie & Glen Kahler Sandra Griffiths Griffiths Truck Service, Inc. Mimi Horowitz Bruce Blair Andrea Saewitz Rachel Lansing Linda & mark Blumenthal Liza Longhini & Mark Young Holly & T. Clark Gamblin Ruth & Fred Jochim Patricia Loebl Anonymous Liza Longhini Anne & Frank Gimbel Dana & Dane Lafontsee Carrie & Paul Matteson Faye & Rick Wetzel Sue Maute Kimberly Maute Jaclyn Mouradian Ellen Odessa & Edward Kuriga Rose & Ryan Oldenburg Jodan & Richard Abdoo Lauren E. Bailey Michael Brennan Traci & Alan Brown Kevin Casey

Ginny Finn & Evan Lenhardt Stacey Forman Donelly Shawn Hostettler John Jackson Sean Kelly Christina Kuklinski Cindy & Peter Laper Allie Lombado Judith Mindin Mike Mohr Colleen & Dennis O’Toole Morgan Oldenburg Gianni Pizzitola Jill & Jim Raderstorf Kim Raderstorf Jeffrey Raderstorf Danile Rennick Meghan Richardson David Short Allison & Zach Stauder Peter Thompson Patricia & Paul Van Aacken Elizabeth Watters Linda Werth-Meyer & Tom Meyer Joseph M. Wouters Wayne C. Oldenburg Sargento Foods, Inc. Judy Scherer Christopher Scherer Lori Wankowski Dottke High School Terese Wickey Martin Luther High School Girls Volleyball Team Mark S. Young Mary Ann McLeod In Memory Of: Joseph F. Bennett Catherine Bennett Bonnie & Thomas Callen Lynn & Joseph Casassa Joyce & Paul Donovan Jerome Friesch Carolie & Donald Goniu Brenda & Jay Hanamann Mary & James Kaminski Nancy & Charles Kurth Cynthia & Ronald Pittelkow Jeanie & Rick Rosiak Patricia & Daniel Seymour Mary Pat & Richard Shandor Barbara Browning Susan M. Gleysteen Jeff M. Schmeckpeper US Bank - The Private Client Reserve Darlene Calhoun Diana Del Rosso Kerrry Lyn Claas Kristin & Anthony Claas Nancy A. Claas Roman H. Claas Mary & Daniel Spore Sharon J. Zalewski

Gerald Condon Karen K. Jeras Frank Danker Judith & David Schieble Judy Davids Anonymous Erika Eaton Beth Gavin Paul Greff Mark S. Young Rebecca & Casey Young Winnie Farkas Karen K. Jeras Debi Lynn Harston Jennifer Cook Georgia Anne Hickey NW Minnesota Foundation Max Horwatich Karen K. Jeras Bobbie Kahl Shirley A. Horton Andrea Kash Zimmerman Jeffrey Heymann Patti Mahon Dawn & Roy Anderson Julie Borckhus Cleary Gull Holdings - IMS Jennifer & Michael A. Colla Joanne & Everett Corcoran Connie & William Cox Ginny Finn Julia Fiul Corinne Frieberg Paula Keating Jennifer Kopetsky Logistics Management, Inc. Judy Martinez Jeanne Maxon Virginia McCaskey My Pearl LLC Sally Ann Noonan Northern Trust Nancy Anne Richards Gloria & Robert Santilli Katherine & William Shaffer Karen & Kyle Swanson Stephanie Szemetylo Cynthia & Gregory Uhen Kathryn & Darin Vincent Birgitt Winter Susanne Winter Sue Maute Cynthia Korman Kimberly Maute Catherine McEvoy Dennis P. McEvoy Melodie Wilson Oldenburg Ginny Finn Judy & Tom Fritsch Susan L. Hejdak Beth Gavin Shirley A. Horton Joseph M. Wouters

Jane Pavlik Marko & James Bast Jerry Renner Marsha Renner Terri Robinson Karen & Robert Kostrewa Dorothy Schwenke Marilyn & Frank Starck Idabelle Stricker Mary M. Briscoe Pam Young James B. Young II Bunny Zacher Ann & Christopher Behrs Wendy & Matthew Evans Kathleen & Edward Galvan Rosalie Gazzana Stacie & Jason Harb Marni & Michael Hebert Kay & David Hoerig Hupy & Abraham, sc Sandra & James Johnson Suzanne & Richard Kelnhofer Margaret & Marvin Kiefer Aaron Kopish Marianne & Fred Kramer Linda & Robert Krohn Kathleen & Terrance Nelson Rodeshia & Benjamin Nelson Jillian & Keith Omdahl Mary Otto Anne & Richard Pstorek Nora Reedy Barbara & Timothy Schmidt Cyntia & Laurence Tomsycck Janice & John Waters Amy Wilbourne Dennis Zacher Third Party Events Amy’s Candy Kitchen, Inc. Aspen Medical Aesthetics & Laser Clinic Blue Mound Golf & Country Club Bon Ton Stores Inc. Brewers Community Foundation, Inc. Brighton Retail Brookfield Central High School Buzzard’s Nest, LLC Cedarburg Junior Woman’s Club Educators Credit Union Erik of Norway Faye’s, Inc. Goodshop Hamacher Resource Group Hunzinger Construction Company Illinois Credit Union League Impressions Day Spa Inspiration Studio, LLC The Institute of Beauty & Wellness Knueppel HealthCare Services, Inc. Mantel Orthodontics, LLC Marcus Hotels & Resorts Martin Luther High School Girls Volleyball Team MBM

Milwaukee Radio Alliance Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille Mulligans Irish Pub & Grill Muskego High School - Baseball Booster Club Muskego Junior Warriors Youth Football Northwestern Mutual Sara Investment Real Estate LLC SHAW Youth Hockey Silver Lining Foundation Sisters of Charity & St. Joan Antida High School Wandering Foot Quilters Waukesha West High School West Bend High Schools Zacher Family In-Kind Dennis Abbott, DDS Charles Allis & Villa Terrace Art Museums Allure Bonnie Anderson Dawn Anderson Associated Bag Deanna Attai, MD B93.3 FM - WLBD, CV & Van MacNeil Balistreri Owned & Operated Sendik’s Food Markets Patty Balistreri Baptist Health System Bartolotta Restaurant Group Lauren Bailey Baird Norah Bertucci Elizabeth Brenner Amy Cade Nancy Capello, MD Mark Chiuminatto CityTins Amelia Coffaro Photography Columbia St. Mary’s Joe Cozza Hedy Daniel Deloitte Stacey Dickert Mary J. Dowell Claudia Egan, JD Honorable Kathy Ehley M. Kathleen Eilers Eleta Salon Festa Italiana Sandy Finestone, Ph.D Ginny Finn First Stage Kathy Fredrichsen Jody & Mark Furlong Gael Garbarino Cullen Claudia Glaudell, MSW Martin Goldberg Ryan Gonzales Grand Geneva Resort & Spa Gravity Trails Linda E.B. Hansen Harley-Davidson Motor Company Margaret Harris

Jane Hathaway Micki Huston InterContinental Milwaukee Katie Ivey, Chaplain Mercedes Jackson Annie Jurczyk Arline Kallick Abbey Lading Leigh Lane-Peine Daniel Liu, MD Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Patrick McHugh Kim Melcher Milwaukee Admirals Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Repertory Theater Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Judith Mindin Melissa Minkley Newport Resort Egg Harbor Nienhuis Photography Northern Sky Theater Oldenburg Group Incorporated Morgan Oldenburg Erico Ortiz Luz Ortiz-Carby Kay Papageorgio

2015 DONORS

Peggy Papenfus Kelli Pettit, MD Pfister Hotel Plum Moving Media ProHealth Care Cindy Sellon, MSW, LCSW Kathy Sieja Cary Silverstein Shelly Smekens, ND, FABNO Leanne Soper Jonathan Strauss, MD Alisa Streets THIEL Design Thirsty Boy Judy Tjoe, MD David R. Todd Treiber & Straub Jewelers Crystal Trejo Kristen Trukova, MS, RD, CNSC, LDN Jesus Villa, American Cancer Society Louise Wakcher Lyndsey Wallace, Psy.D Adam Weidman Judy Whalen Wisconsin Breast Cancer Coalition Wisconsin Breast Cancer Taskforce Erin Young Mark S. Young

ABCD offers special thanks to Harley-Davidson Motor Company for its commitment to the national expansion of ABCD’s personlaized mentoring services – Helpline and Match.

Elizabeth and Frederic Friedman with Yvonne and George Hoff, Date With a Plate 2015

Katy Zacher Krohn and Dennis Zacher, Annual Comedy for Cancer

ABCD is grateful to the Brewers Community Foundation, a special partner in building ABCD’s future.

Mark and Jody Furlong with Kara Kaiser and Frank Carini, Date With a Plate 2015

THE UNEXPECTED “JOURNEY” RAFFLE Breast Cancer is often called the unexpected “journey.”

Supporters of our raffle turn that phrase on its head. Thank you!

Joan and Richard Abdoo

David and Margarete Harvey

Barb Porlich

Accounts Receivable Consultants, LLC

Mark Hastings

Alice Regan Loeb

Carol and Gerard Alder

Sheila Heitzig

Catrena Reid

Barbara Armstrong

Marjorie and Gary Hermsen

Andrea Roschke & John Gaebler

Lauren Bailey

Mark Hinchey & Deborah Fugenschuh

Stephanie and Gregory Rothstein

Patricia and Salvatore Balistreri

Kevin Hood

Elana Rotter

Ted Balistreri

Judy Huebner

Chris Ruff

Erin and Nicholas Balistreri

Patrina Hurtado

Cindy Ruffert

Patrick Balistreri

Ronald Jacquart & Michael McCarthy

Paul Saler

Martha Barry

Jeanne and Richard Jarecki

MJ (Mary Jo) Savgent

Halien and Michael Besaw

Michael Jassak

Margaret Schiller

Felicia Bogdanski

Bradley Kaufman

Kathleen and Neil Schmidt

Elizabeth Brenner and Steve Ostrofsky

Elizabeth Kavelaris

Amy Schneider

Julia and John Cabaniss

Alexis Keiker

Teri Sheppard

Barbara Cahill

Denise and Richard Kirschman

Brenda Skelton

Eileen Cahill

Patricia Kissinger

Sandra and Stanley Slowinski

Linda and Joseph Cardinale

Bill Knapp

Shannon Smigielski

Anne Catalane

Lynda Kohler

Billie Smith

Mark Chiuminatto

Tammi Kotowski

Lois Smith

Carol and Michael Cinquegrani

Cheryl Kuhnmuench

Nancy Speaker

Valerie Clarke

Todd Kurtz

Lisa Streets

Annette and Steven Clason

Sally Ladky

Alisa Streets

Sherry and Kevin Dahl

Leslie Lamers & Jeffrey Dombro

Anna and Joseph Terc

Mary Jo and R. Thomas Dempsey, Jr.

Darcy and William Lemke

Barbara and Richard Thomas

Dennison Enterprises, LLC

Liza Longhini

M. Lynn and Lawrence Trebon

Priyanka Desai

Andrea and Guy Longhini

Marjorie Vannucci

Leslie Dombro

Stephanie Maass

Rachel and Ben Wagner

Mary and John Dowell

Stephanie and William Maxon

Shelley Ware

Michele Durnin

Kim and Chad Melcher

Audrey and Robert Warner

Denise Ferreira & David Ryan

Mobile Car Care, LLC

Susan Warrington

Ginny Finn & Evan Lenhardt

Mary Moore

Jaclyn and Andrew Warshauer

Katheline and Daniel Finn

Michelle Moran

Margaret and Michael Welch

Bill Finn

Derek Mosley

Judith Wenzel

Jody and Mark Furlong

Gayle Nobbs

Linda Werth-Meyer

Pam Garvey

Wayne Oldenburg

Jessica Wiedmeyer

Michael Gifford

Rose and Ryan Oldenburg

Joanne Williams

Anne and Frank Gimbel

Shawn O’Neil

David Wolfson

Chris Glandt

Luz Ortiz-Carby

Joseph Wouters

Marcia Goecks

Kathleen O’Toole

Lynn Wozniak

Diane Gray

Leigh Lane Peine

Valerie Wyss

Constance Harris

Paula Penebaker

Mark Young

Margaret and John Harris

Tracy Peplinski Johnson

Mary Zak-Holzer

May 5th, 2015 Pier Wisconsin co-chairs

Linda E.B. Hansen M. Kathleen Eilers

photographer Amelia Coffaro

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Baird Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. Harley-Davidson Motor Company Johnson Controls

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Northwestern Mutual Foundation Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

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Milwaukee Business Journal

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Catholic Financial Life Deloitte Gannett Wisconsin Media Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin MGIC Investment Corporation Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Palermo Villa, Inc. We Energies

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Balistreri Owned & Operated Sendik’s Food Markets

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At ABCD we understand the distinct wisdom of someone who has been in “your shoes.”®We understand the Power of One-to-One. Our services are available anywhere there is a phone or internet connection.

ABCD’s approach is truly personalized. We are not a traditional support group or automated process. We bring together breast cancer patients, survivors and people living with breast cancer.

Our volunteers are professionally trained and supported. We call this One-to-One Mentoring.

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One-to-One support also includes Helpline Mentoring, offering immediate emotional support and reliable information from trained breast cancer survivors, as well as Resource Mentoring – active connection to additional resources not provided by ABCD directly. We also offer MORE: Mentor OutReach & Education – featuring ABCD Mentors and Ambassadors who promote awareness of breast cancer, our services and related information, especially in underserved communities.

ABCD’s signature service, One-to-One Match Mentoring features pairings that are customized; they are based upon similar diagnoses and life circumstances – from hobbies to major life events – so that support is truly personal. Many Mentors are multi-lingual and free translation services are available. All match conversations include the key question: what do you need now?

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While science searches for a future cure, ABCD supports people affected by breast cancer - NOW.

ABCD is an independent organization that collaborates with hospitals, clinics and other organizations, but does not provide medical or other professional advice. All services are provided FREE of charge and made possible because of private donations, in-kind assistance and volunteers’ commitment.

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www.abcdbreastcancersupport.org

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