She was 42 years old at the time of her diagnosis — a successful financial adviser and a married mother of two girls, ages 11 and 14. She had the life she thought she wanted. Then, she found a lump and was thrust into a battle with stage 2 breast cancer.
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 21 from 4-7 pm for a Cornhole Competition to help raise money to provide mammograms for women in our community.
Karen Morning Roseboro, chief officer for choice and magnet schools for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools, is celebrating four years as a breast cancer survivor, and her journey began with her first-ever mammogram at the age of 40.
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center Foundation was awarded a $410,000 grant from The Duke Endowment to implement a well-being and resiliency program focused on front-line nurses who experience high rates of professional burnout.
The Duke Endowment is helping address nurse burnout.
Sharon Harrington discusses her role at Novant Health Foundation and the profound impact of planned giving.
During times of need, people come together to do incredible things.
Aaron Condon: Why men’s health matters as a father
Eight years ago, Susan Pfefferkorn went in for a routine mammogram at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. Susan was no stranger to breast cancer. She’d lost a college friend to the disease back in the 1980s, and her mother had been diagnosed post-menopause. As a result, Susan had always been proactive.
Thompson had a mammogram the previous December. She’d kept up with regular, at-home breast exams. She had lost two aunts to breast cancer. A mother of three, she knew she had to be proactive, so she was.
$10,684,263
Presbyterian Medical Center Foundation
$223,357
Brunswick Medical Center Foundation
$376,867
Thomasville Medical Center Foundation
$3,113,153
Forsyth Medical Center Foundation
$2,610,643
Rowan Medical Center Foundation
$2,223,588
New Hanover Regional Medical Center Foundation
$6,737,196
Grants
$1,053,827
System Initiatives
$27,022,894
Total Giving
