Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
Y-ME Mother's Day Race, Chicago, May 2007.
The Sister Study is proud to recognize Y-ME as a national partner. Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization™ (Y-ME) is a Chicago-based national nonprofit organization with the mission to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone. Y-ME® does not raise money for research. We’re here today for those who can’t wait for tomorrow’s cure.
At the center of the organization is the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Hotline, the only 24/7call center operated by trained peer counselors who are breast cancer survivors and takes more than 40,000 calls a year. Y-ME counselors do not give medical advice but give emotional support and information about breast cancer, procedures and treatment options.
Y-ME is a premier resource for breast cancer information and services, all provided completely free of charge. Y-ME’s newsletters, publications, brochures and Web site, www.y-me.org, provide information and support to those touched by breast cancer in Spanish and English. Y-ME’s Advocacy program works to increase breast cancer research funding, support breast cancer related clinical studies and ensure quality health care for all.