CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Joy Blondheim
“ There are thousands of women ( and men ) who do not have health insurance or the means to pay for life-saving breast screenings . The Joy to Life Foundation answers calls for help every day , and as long as we have the funds , we will provide services to anyone in need of them . Just ask the breast cancer survivor and grandmother from New Brockton . JTL funded her mammogram , and she was diagnosed with breast cancer . Today , she is doing well and thanked the Foundation for allowing her to see her first grandchild be born .”
Photography by Big Dreamz Creative .
JOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION
Mission : To provide free mammograms and other breast cancer screenings when necessary to medically underserved women and men in Alabama , provide limited grants when needed , build and support breast cancer awareness among all Alabamians , and promote overall good health , well-being and education throughout the state .
Brag Lines : In 1997 , Joy Blondheim was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer . She had a bilateral mastectomy and reconstructive surgery , followed by eight months of chemotherapy . Joy and her husband , Dickie , decided to put a positive spin on their experience and formed the Joy to Life Foundation in 2001 . The Foundation works in partnership with the Alabama Department of Public Health ’ s Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program , providing its life-saving work in all of Alabama ’ s 67 counties . Since its founding , it has provided more than 98,000 mammograms and hundreds of screenings and physician visits .
UPCOMING EVENTS : October 21 2023 Walk of Life for Breast Cancer
2350 Fairlane Drive , Suite 130 , Montgomery / 334-284-5433 / joytolife . org
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