Luis Borges and his wife, Maribel

Luis Borges
Luis is one of our beneficiaries this year. He had esophageal cancer and had his esophagus and part of his stomach removed on Jan. 19.

Doctors are confident they got all of the cancer, but Luis has a long and difficult recovery, during which time he is unable to work.

Luis's wife Maribel is a hairstylist and trying to make ends meet running her salon out of their home while Luis recovers.

Theresa Roberts
Theresa is one of our beneficiaries this year. She has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of inflammatory breast cancer.

She has seen several specialists and currently is traveling to Chicago to receive treatment.

Kathy Shane
Kathy is one of our beneficiaries this year. She has been diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer.

She currently is traveling to Chicago to receive treatment.