The Step Sisters

Breast Cancer Awareness month is just a couple of short months away. While the Step Sisters work year-round to assist area patients, October remains one of our biggest months for fundraising. We love the ways our community has incorporated our organization's fundraising efforts into the great events they plan! If you would like to support our organization and the local patients we help, we would love to learn more about your plans to ensure we can help make it a success! We kindly ask that you complete our quick online form to share details so we can add it to our calendar and help promote and support your efforts. Please complete the form here: https://lnkd.in/e7Tp4gbg

Sometimes we find ourselves in a new situation when it comes to serving our local breast cancer patients. Thankfully, with the help of local community members, the team at @stonespringsautocenter and our crisis funds, we were able to help this patient with repairs that will now allow them to get to treatment regularly.

One day in 2012, Jayne Sandman and I got a call from Eun Yang and Angie Goff. Over lunch at Black Salt Restaurant, they told us about a small event they had put together called Newsbabes, in which a group of DC newswomen joined forces in the name of helping local breast cancer charities—and they needed our help. Before we even ordered, we were all in, making it the pro bono event of The Brand Guild forevermore. We first did a small event with Kiehl's Since 1851, which blossomed into a huge relationship (looking at you Rachael Kelley!). Then we headed to Howard Theatre with a few hundred of our closest friends. Andrea Mitchell was our special guest. Georgetown Cupcake(s) were everywhere. Alton Lane put the men in pink ties. Tommy McFLY was big on FM radio. Since that first fateful lunch date, we’ve raised over $400,000 for eight breast cancer charities, all with a focus on bringing care to women who need it most, from bringing mammograms to communities that lack resources like Breast Care for Washington, or this year’s cause, The Step Sisters, which brings all kinds of practical care to women in treatment. We had no idea then how much breast cancer would touch all of our lives. I didn’t know it would directly impact mine. Today at 7p, we will gather at Four Seasons Washington, D.C. Hotel to celebrate survivorship, and raise funds to help so many at NewsBash 2024. You can join us by buying a ticket at dcnewsbash.org for $150. And if you buy one of the few remaining Mammogram Maven tickets for $300, you’ll get a $1500 goodie bag in return. Thanks for all of your support over all of these many years. What an impact we have all made, together. #dcnewsbash #pressforacure

🌸 "A beautiful and inspiring sea of pink" - Lesli Foster, WUSA9 Anchor 🌸 https://lnkd.in/gaAGmC5P WUSA9 was proud to help sponsor the 14th annual NewsBash last night, and what an incredible event it was! This year's NewsBash donation benefitted The Step Sisters, a Virginia group dedicated to supporting breast cancer patients undergoing treatment and facing hardship. WUSA9 is committed to making a positive impact in the DMV. It's amazing to see how, together, we can truly make a difference and show our support. 💪❤️ #WUSA9 #NewsBash #CommunityImpact #TheStepSisters #Impact

Reflecting on 2023, we are proud of what we’ve accomplished.

Consider supporting local patients in Northern Virginia through the Step Sisters organization. Have an idea for a fundraiser to be held on our behalf? Share here: https://lnkd.in/dvbPv8hC #breastcancerawarenessmonth #supportlocal #stepsisters #breastcancer