The 31st Annual TbayTel Luncheon of Hope featured a keynote address by a breast cancer survivor diagnosed 14 years ago
THUNDER BAY - When Jennifer Miller learned of her stage-four breast cancer diagnosis 14 years ago, at the age of 35, she said she did not know of anyone her age who had received such a diagnosis, leaving her feeling alone and isolated. But that soon changed.
Miller shared her story as one of the keynote speakers at the 31st Annual TbayTel Luncheon of Hope on Friday. “This is an extremely significant fundraiser. It’s probably our flagship, because it has been around for so long,” said Haley Werbowetski, events officer at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation.
It’s also a time to allow breast cancers survivors and those just starting the journey of a diagnosis to meet and share their experiences and stories. “I think that gives us hope and helps us heal when we put our minds toward the future and the positive and what we can do rather than the negative and what we can’t do, what we don’t have, and what we are going through,” she said.
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