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Check out joytolife.org for virtual and supportive fun all month long. TRASH TALKIN’

The Foundation is celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month in a big way by talking trash, trash cans, that is. Joy to Life has partnered with Chappy’s Deli for a Trash Talk Tour happening at a different central Alabama Chappy’s location every Saturday in October where the foundation’s specially priced, pink, 96-gallon trash cans will be available for onsite purchase. A few lucky folks will even get one for free when they spin the prize wheel just right and instantly win a trash can.

Cans will also be available for pre-sale on joytolife.org, and buyers can pick them up at any Tour stop. Additionally, there will be other exciting giveaways (including Chappy’s gift cards) and lots more fun! Find the Tour schedule at joytolife.org.

TUNE IN

The Joy to Life Foundation is now podcasting, with its show called Everything Joy to Life. Each episode offers those affected by breast cancer a place to share their stories. The podcast also includes insightful information from members of the medical community along with a variety of engaging lifestyle content to help you live your best life.

The podcast kicks off during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and new episodes will be added every month. You’ll laugh; you may cry; but whatever emotions it brings, you’ll certainly enjoy it.

Find Everything Joy to Life wherever you listen to podcasts and at joytolife.org.

AMEN

For years, the Joy to Life Foundation has spearheaded the Pray in Pink (PIP) series of events each fall. PIP is an opportunity for houses of worship and any group or organization to lift up special prayers that honor breast cancer survivors and remember those who have lost their fight to the disease.

Through PIP events, lifesaving information is provided, breast cancer stories are shared, and the moments also create perfect opportunities to celebrate life with survivors.

Registration is FREE and includes a 15-page digital resource guide packed with ideas, suggestions and educational information.

Email prayinpink@joytolife.org or call 334-284-5433 to learn more. Great memories from Tickled Pink 2019.

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2020 virtual event

Despite the pandemic, the show must go on, so the Joy to Life Foundation was thrilled to host the 2020 Tickled Pink event virtually, with great giveaways plus tons of engaging and educational information. The event spanned several weeks, with its website going live in mid-September, extending the fun and fundraising.

Then, on October 1, to jump-start Breast Cancer Awareness month, JTL Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim joined Alabama News Center’s Ellis Eskew for a primetime virtual discussion that touched on a number of trending topics, including the latest news from the foundation and its efforts to provide mammograms for under- and uninsured women throughout our state. The Tickled Pink Women’s Expo has been a true highlight for every fall since it began in 2015. It brings local ladies together to celebrate and raises awareness for breast cancer and the foundation’s lifesaving work. But the best part? It has raised thousands of dollars in funds to help Joy to Life continue that work.

The Joy to Life Foundation would like to express its heartfelt thanks and everlasting gratitude to the founding sponsor Alabama News Center, as well as other sponsors and supporters, for making events in years past so successful and for making the 2020 event so much fun!

WALK OF LIFE UPDATE

WE’LL KEEP MOVING: WALK OF LIFE Reimagined

While the pandemic cancelled the 2020 Walk of Life, it cannot cancel the drive and determination of every Joy to Life Foundation team member and all of our great supporters. We’re gonna keep taking life-saving steps, no matter what. The Joy to Life Foundation is committed to the work we began 19 years ago, the work that our annual Walk of Life supports. Nothing will stop us from fighting to ensure more women have access to vital diagnostic tests and screenings.

COVID-19 sure tried, forcing us to cancel the 2020 Walk of Life to ensure our supporters’ and our community’s safety. But nothing is going to break our stride. That’s why we’re so excited to announce the Walk of Life 2021 – WOL Reimagined.

We know you and all of our supporters crave the chance to remember those who’ve lost their battle with breast cancer, celebrate breast cancer survivors and help the foundation fund its good work. We also know that times remain uncertain, and that many are still – and will be for the foreseeable future – hesitant to gather in large groups.

Walk of Life Reimagined to the rescue!

This new concept invites you to participate in WOL your way, allowing you to execute many of the WOL activities at your level of comfort.

From October 2020 through the Spring of 2021, WOL Reimagined will offer a multitude of opportunities for you to participate, to fundraise, to reconnect, to celebrate and to make a meaningful difference.

Visit joytolife.org and watch our social media for all the details and to learn how you can get involved and keep the momentum going!

In mid-October, we’re inviting volunteers and participants to “find their tribe” and create their own WOL team (or join an existing team) based on shared interests. Really into gardening, baking, beer, weekend motorcycle rides or your cats? Gather some like-minded folks and form a team! The WOL Reimagined is planning tons of fun and engaging activities for teams that will take place throughout the fall, winter and into spring.

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Movement that Matters!

Over two decades, funds raised by the annual Walk of Life have allowed JTL Foundation to provide more than 95,000 breast cancer screenings for the un- and under-insured all across Alabama. These screenings have saved thousands of lives!