The Breast Cancer Survivor's
Network
A grassroots non-profit organization
Mission and Promise
To provide assistance, education, positive support services, before, during
and after diagnosis for treatment and recovery of breast cancer
The Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network, Inc.
21 Eastbrook Bend, Suite 223
Peachtree City, GA 30269
Office: (770) 487-4396
FAX: (770 487-3873
www.bcsurvivorsnetwork.org
Email Janet for info
The Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network is an all Volunteers
led organization.
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Meet the Director:
Janet Ruth Beebe
25 year Breast Cancer Survivor
In 1983, Janet, while breast feeding her 6 month old baby, found a lump in her
breast that turned out to be cancer. At age 33, with a new baby, two other
children and a husband to care for, Janet was devastated with the bad news.
After many doctors and many tests showing that Janet had nothing to worry
about, Janet’s silent alarm inside kept telling her that the lump she found in
her breast was something serious and it needed to come out.
Finally, Janet found a doctor that would take the tumor out for
testing and told her that her pushing paid off. Janet had surgery and
treatment for her breast cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes.
With no one to turn to, Vicki Castleberry, founder of Bosom
Buddies, a new organization that gave support to breast cancer patients,
visited Janet in the hospital. This gave her the emotional support she much
needed.
Months after her treatment, Janet started helping Vicki as a
volunteer in the mission to help support breast cancer patients. For the past
25 years, even though Janet had a breast cancer recurrence and two surgeries
for skin cancer, making her a 4 time survivor of cancer, she continued helping
Vicki in this mission.
While helping Vicki, Janet also volunteered for the American
Cancer Society for over 20 years, helping them coordinate their “Reach to
Recovery” program.
In 2007, Janet created “The Breast Cancer Survivors’ Network,
Inc., a grass-roots, non-profit organization. Janet and Vicki’s friendship
continues today. Janet's mission continues to grow while 150+ volunteers help
maintain and broaden the much needed programs like 30+ support groups and
“Gift Closets”. With the help of volunteers, this network helps thousands of
breast cancer patients each year. Today, Vicki and many others, support
Janet’s mission to expand these programs that help new patients become
Survivors!
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30+ Breast Cancer Support Groups in 25 Counties hold
monthly meetings in Georgia
Support Groups are in these counties below: (some
counties have more than one group. More groups are added each month)
Barrow County
Bibb County
Carroll County
Clayton County
Cobb County
Coweta County
Crisp County
Decatur County
Dekalb County
Douglas County
Fannin County
Fayette County
Forsyth County
Fulton County
Gwinnett County
Hall County
Henry County
Jackson Count
Newton County
Rabun County
Spalding County
Thomas County
Upson County
Walton County
White County
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