Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO ENRICH THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCERS-FOR LIFE-BY FUNDING AND DELIVERING INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES.
OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONUNITE FOR HER FUNDS AND DELIVERS UP TO $2,000 WORTH OF INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES THAT EACH PATIENT CHOOSES OVER THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR TO HELP MITIGATE UNWANTED SIDE EFFECTS AND SYMPTOMS DURING TREATMENT AND BEYOND.THOSE LIVING WITH ADVANCED METASTATIC DISEASE ARE PROVIDED ONGOING SUPPORT, WHERE EACH CAN RENEW THEIR PASSPORT OF SERVICES EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED. THIS YEAR WE WILL PROVIDED 190 WOMEN LIVING WITH METASTATIC DISEASE WITH ONGOING PASSPORT SUPPORT SERVICES AND THERAPIES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O - PG. 42)UFH SUPPORTS BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER PATIENTS THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND BEYOND, PROVIDING OUTCOMES THAT CREATE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS INSPIRE LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT PROMOTE CONTINUED HEALTH AND WELLNESS. UFH TAKES THEM FROM A PLACE OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS TO ONE THAT EMPOWERS POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH, HELPING THEM HEAL FULLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THIS YEAR, UFH OFFICIALLY EXPANDED ITS PROGRAMMING TO THE OVARIAN CANCER POPULATION. THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS SECURED SEPARATELY, RESTRICTED FOR THIS POPULATION ONLY. IT REMAINS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, ANSWERING A NEED THIS COMMUNITY HAS, FOR THESE WOMEN HAVE VERY DIFFICULT TREATMENTS AND OUTCOMES. IN MARCH OF 2020, DUE TO COVID-19 AND STAY AT HOME ORDERS, UFH SHIFTED ITS EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROGRAM TO A NEW VIRTUAL MODEL, UNITE FOR HER @ HOME. THIS NEW MODEL INCLUDED AN ONLINE DIGITAL PLATFORM, DELIVERED ONE ON ONE VIRTUAL INTEGRATIVE THERAPY SESSIONS, EXECUTED 6 VIRTUAL WELLNESS DAY CONFERENCE PROGRAMS, AND DELIVERED, VIA THE HER CARE BOX PROGRAM, THE ABOVE RESOURCES DIRECTLY TO THE COMFORT OF THE HOMES OF 690 WOMEN. UFH REMAINED STEADY, RELIABLE, LED WITH EMPATHY AND ACTED SWIFTLY TO SERVE. UNWAVERING IN ITS COMMITMENT, UFH RE-INVENTED AND RE-IMAGINED OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMMING AND SIGNATURE EVENT FUNDRAISING TO ENSURE THE NEEDS OF THOSE NEWLY DIAGNOSED WOULD BE MET, LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND.JUST OVER ONE YEAR AGO, UFH RELEASED HER CARE BOX, A SELF-CARE PACKAGE THAT ANYONE IN THE NATION CAN RECEIVE AS A GIFT FROM A LOVED ONE. IT IS UNITE FOR HER'S "MISSION IN A BOX" ALLOWING THOSE AFFECTED BY BREAST AND OVARIAN CANCER TO RECEIVE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION THAT PROMOTE HEALING AND THE USE OF INTEGRATIVE THERAPIES FOR THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. THIS NEW PROGRAM ALLOWS UFH TO SPREAD ITS MISSION AND OUTREACH TO PREVIOUSLY UNSERVED GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS BY SENDING THE "GIFT OF CARE AND LOVE" IN A BOX. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT THE HER CARE BOX PROGRAM THAT WE PILOTED LAST YEAR, BECAME THE VEHICLE IN WHICH WE COULD DELIVER OUR PROGRAMMING DURING COVID, A TIME WHEN OUR WOMEN AND MEN NEEDED US THE MOST. THE STRONG FOUNDATION IN WHICH UNITE FOR HER WAS BUILT ON WAS PREPARED, TO HELP US RISE UP DURING COVID AND THE MANY CHALLENGES WE ALL FACED AS A NATION. UFH HAS BROUGHT THOSE NEWLY DIAGNOSED DURING COVID THE GIFT OF JOY, HOPE, RESOURCES, THERAPIES, EDUCATION AND MUCH NEEDED HUMAN CONNECTION. UFH CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITH CORPORATIONS AND MAJOR BUSINESSES LIKE INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS, DELIVERING HER CARE BOXES FOR THEM TO GIFT TO THEIR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE POPULATION. WE EXPERIENCED GREAT CHANGE THESE PAST MONTHS, HOWEVER WITH GREAT CHANGE, CAME GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE EVEN MORE IN NEED OF OUR UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING ACROSS OUR NATION WITH THIS NEW VIRTUAL MODEL.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Susan Weldon | CEO AND FOUNDER | 55 | $186,598 |
Jeff Shapiro | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Mark Shahin | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Meghan Mcvety | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Amy Gallo | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Connie Fogarty | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Parker Carroll | MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Cathy Dougherty | TREASURER | 3 | $0 |
Linna Li | VICE CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
Karin Risi | CHAIR | 3 | $0 |
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