Winter Garden Magazine October 2016 | Page 49

Bachelors for Boobies, hosted by Castle Cross Foundation and The Winter Garden Magazine, is an effort to raise funds for the HRCC of Florida (High Risk Cancer Candidates). These are young women, and sometimes young men, who are considered higher risk and have no access to preventative care. Those considered at-risk, are individuals with members on both the maternal and paternal sides of their family who have or had some form of cancer. Insurance providers do not cover early diagnostics, mammograms nor other services to age groups 18 - 35 (and in some cases up to 38). Bachelors for Boobies aims to be a differentiating factor in this equation. We intend to further breast cancer awareness for these at-risk individuals while raising funds to provide early diagnostics and mammograms. Understanding that cancer candidates and sufferers are often also in need of mental and emotional support, we will establish a hotline and social network support to provide a listening ear