BAY AREA YOUNG SURVIVORS
PO Box 190056, San Francisco, CA 94119 www.baysnet.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) is a support and action group for women under the age of forty-five in the SF Bay Area who are living with breast cancer. The goal of BAYS is to break the isolation of living with breast cancer by providing a community built on compassion, understanding, hope, and inspiration. Virtually every day of the year we add new members and throughout the year we also lose members to the disease.

Bay Area Young Survivors (BAYS) is a support and action group for women under the age of forty-five in the SF Bay Area who are living with breast cancer.

Financial Assistance -We created the BAYS Steps Up Fund to offer financial assistance to our members who struggle financially while undergoing treatment and beyond.44 members received financial assistance.

Support Services -We offer in-person, peer-led support group meetings where we provide food and childcare. We also offer separate support groups for our members with metastatic disease who are facing unique end-of-life issues.We host an online network for communication and virtual support.We offer scholarships to attend cancer-related scientific and support conferencesWe offer writing workshops and coordinate additional avenues to share written expression through public readings and publications. In-Person Support Groups: We provided 3 monthly support groups for members until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. Each support group was attended by members, but we did not track participation in each. Generally, 5-10 members attend each support group.Writing Workshops: 43 members attended all-day writing workshopsOnline Support Groups: We did not track attendance for all virtual support groups. We continued to offer 3 monthly support groups via videoconferencing from March-December 2020. From July to September, 32 members attended support groups. Similar to the in-person support groups, we estimate 5-10 people attended each of the online sessions.Hosted discussion forum: 516 members of our online discussion and support forum.Scholarships: 1 member was provided a scholarship to attend a conference.BAYS Cares care packages: 29 people participated in this program, either sending care packages or receiving them.

Community Building -We coordinate diverse community-building events that offer a rich environment to support the emotional needs of our members. Examples include:physical challenge events designed to help us get our bodies back (hikes, kayaking and paddle boarding, etc.)educational events on a variety of cancer-related topics hosted by doctors and other health professionalssocial events such as holiday gatherings and clothing swaps where we share wigs, medical garments, breast prostheses, and clothes for our changing bodies (we do not underestimate the power of something new to help feel better, especially with the extreme body changes that occur during treatment)the construction of a BAYS memorial garden where our community can gather to honor and remember the members weve lost. Social and Educational Events: 411 participants attended various social and educational events (some members may have attended more than one and be counted twice).Memorial Garden: The garden project is underway, but not yet built. 3 people volunteered their time throughout the year to assist in planning the project.

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