05/04/2026
Our guest speaker at this year’s Gala was Bree Town-Teegardin.
Bree, a three time cancer survivor, shared her emotional story about being first diagnosed as an 8 year old, spending a year in the hospital, receiving a bone marrow transplant after her second diagnosis at age 10, then being diagnosed yet again with a different form of cancer at the age of 21.
She shared the physical and emotional struggles of going through treatment, losing a friend who was diagnosed at the same time she was, and dealing with long term effects of cancer. She also talked about the toll it took on her family, “….because cancer doesn’t affect just one person - it affects entire families.”
“We relied on our community in ways I don’t think we ever could have imagined. Friends, family, neighbors, people from our church…even people we didn’t know stepped in to support us. They showed up for us in big ways and small ways - when things felt overwhelming, and when we needed help the most.”
She reminded everyone why their support at the Gala and of the B Foundation was so important.
“Because when a family hears the words ‘you have cancer’ everything changes, and in that moment, knowing your community is standing behind you can mean everything. So being here tonight…this matters. It matters to families who are in the middle of the fight right now. It matters to people who love them, and it will matter to the next person in this community who needs help and hope.”
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