FORCE is able to fulfill our mission through the generous support of our donors. Please view our Donate page to learn how individual donors can help us grow by donating to FORCE.
We would like to acknowledge and thank our 2007 corporate partners:
Dean Distributors
Dean Distributors is donation a portion of the sale of their NutraCare Products to FORCE.
Enell Bras
Enell is donating $6 from the sale of each HOPE bra to FORCE.
Fifth Third Bank
On October 22, 2007, Fifth Third Bank presented FORCE with a check for $5,000 for FORCE programs to educate people about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Development of the FORCE brochure on hereditary ovarian cancer was made possible by a generous grant from the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
Development of the FORCE brochure What Every Jewish Woman Should Know about Breast & Ovarian Cancer was made possible by a generous grant from the Tampa Jewish Federation and TOP.
Note: For more information about our calendar sponsors, visit our special Life is a Carnival calendar page
PERSEVERANCE
($10,000 and above)
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, LLC
STRENGTH
($5,000 and above)
The Center for Natural Breast Reconstruction
COURAGE
($2,500 and above)
Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Centers
.
www.floridaDIEP.com
Center for Breast Restoration, The Methodist Hospital
HOPE
($1,000 and above)
www.duffybreastreconstruction.com
The Center for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction
PRMA Plastic Surgery
New York Group for Plastic Surgery LLP
The 2007 Joining FORCEs conference was sponsored in part by educational grants from the following sponsors:
Abraxis Oncology
AstraZeneca LP
Eli Lilly and Company
Genentech BioOncology
Hologic, Inc.
Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Pfizer, Inc.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Florida Suncoast Affiliate
InVivo, Corp
AviaraDx
Bristol Myers-Squibb
University of Arizona
Our "In the Genes" gala dinner at the Florida Aquarium was sponsored by generous support from the following:
Strength Level
GlaxoSmithKline Oncology
The Center for Restorative Breast Surgery
eWomen Network FoundationCourage Level
Fifth Third Bank
Dan & Beau Maysey& Sue Friedman
Gold Seal Roofing & ConstructionHope Level
Celma Mastry Foundation
Dean Distributors
Sembler Company
Sokolov & Piper Family Dentistry
West Coast Gynecologic Oncology
FORCE extends a special thank you to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for in-kind donation of FORCE office space, computer and phone access, and for their collaboration with FORCE to improve research for families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
FORCE appreciates and acknowledges all donors regardless of the amount of the donation. Donors can make tribute donations of any amount which are acknowledged on our tribute donor page. Unless donors specify a wish for their donations to be acknowledged, all private donations remain anonymous. Donors who have donated $1000 or more and who wish to be acknowledged are listed below.
Genome Level: ($10,000 and above)
Lani SinclairChromosome Level: ($5,000 and above)
Steve
Tracy Barker
Eva BGene Level: ($2,500 and above)
Century 21 MoneyworldDNA Level: ($1,000 and above)
Bruce Forstall in memory of his wife Linda Plato
Sharon K
Barbara Pf
ABK LLC
We would like to acknowledge the sponsors who have supported FORCE programs in the past:
The FORCE Passing of the Torch awareness-raising events were made possible through sponsorships from the following donors:
Silver Sponsors
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
Westcoast Gynecologic Oncology
Clearwater Cardiovascular & Interventional Consultants
Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteBronze Sponsors
American Housing Corp.
Bay Area Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery
East Lake Plastic Surgery Center
Fenway Financial Advisors
The Florida Marlins
Jackson Orthodontics
Lewis Tein, Attorneys at Law
St. Joseph's Women's Hospital
Tracy L. Benstock, RN Endocrine Consulting Services
The Sembler Company
University of Miami, Sylvester Cancer Center
Wachovia Bank
Women's Cancer Associates, Practice of James LaPolla
The redesign of the FORCE website in November 2005 was made possible through a generous grant from The Center for Restorative Breast Surgery.
Currently our Joining FORCEs newsletter is funded entirely from private donations from individual donors. Our newsltter from 2005-2006 was been made possible through generous grants from:
Genome Level:
Center for Restorative Breast Surgery
Lani Sinclair in memory of Sherry P.Chromosome Level:
Anonymous Donor
Myriad Genetic LaboratoriesGene Level:
Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Friedman Family TrustDNA Level:
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare: The Center for Medical Genetics
Reflections Boutique at the Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center
Stanford Clinical Cancer Genetics Program
Abramson Cancer Center and the PROSE Study at the
University of Pennsylvania
The FORCE toll-free helpline was originally established through a grant from the Department of Defense to the University of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center. Ongoing support for the Helpline is made possible by a generous grant from Women For Women Foundation, home of Menopause the Musical.
Since our inception, FORCE has provided free support services to those affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Our policy for the first four years of our organization's existence was to decline funding from biomedical, health technology, and pharmaceutical companies. In order to continue our mission and expand our services to the high-risk community, in 2003 the Board of Directors of FORCE voted to change our policy and accept limited contributions from the health care industry sector. We have and will continue to advance our mission in the same balanced, unbiased way. All corporate donations to FORCE are considered unrestricted educational grants; our corporate donors have no editorial input into FORCE program content. As FORCE grows we will continue to examine our sponsor policy to assure that our organization, and our materials are free from influence from commercial organizations, and remain credible and balanced.
We still need to rely on the involvement, volunteerism, and financial support from the high-risk community as we grow into an organization that can better accomplish our mission and represent the concerns, interests, and needs of this community.