Organizations Filed Purposes:
FREE TO BREATHE'S MISSION IS TO ENSURE SURVIVING LUNG CANCER IS THE EXPECTATION, NOT THE EXCEPTION.
OUR VISION IS TO DOUBLE LUNG CANCER SURVIVAL BY 2022. TO TURN THIS VISION INTO REALITY WE FOCUS ON FUNDING RESEARCH WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL TO SAVE LIVES, HELPING ALL PATIENTS FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR TREATMENT OPTIONS, ENSURING MOLECULAR TUMOR TESTING IS STANDARD OF CARE, AND DOUBLING THE NUMBER OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS PARTICIPATING IN CLINICAL TRIALS.
FREE TO BREATHE COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING RUN/WALKS, BIKE RIDES AND YOGATHONS WERE ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE NATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AND RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR LUNG CANCER. IN 2017, THE FREE TO BREATHE SERIES TOOK PLACE IN MORE THAN 40 LOCATIONS AND INCLUDED A NATIONAL WALK, MAKING IT THE LARGEST BRANDED NATIONAL LUNG CANCER EVENT SERIES. MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE EVENTS.
FREE TO BREATHE ORGANIZES ANNUAL CONFERENCES TO PROVIDE FORUMS FOR INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CLINICAL EXPERTS AND COMMUNITY ONCOLOGISTS, NURSES, PHARMACISTS, PATIENT ADVOCATES, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO DISCUSS CURRENT AND EVOLVING THERAPIES IN THE SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER. FREE TO BREATHE CO-HOSTED THE FOCUS ON LUNG CANCER, PATIENT AND CAREGIVER PROGRAM CONFERENCE WITH PENN MEDICINE ABRAMSON CANCER CENTER, WITH A FOCUS ON NON-SMALL CELL AND SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER. THIS FREE CONFERENCE WAS DESIGNED FOR THOSE AT RISK, NEWLY DIAGNOSED, CURRENTLY IN TREATMENT OR SURVIVOR ON NON-SMALL CELL AND SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER, FAMILY MEMBERS, CAREGIVERS OR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS. THE CONFERENCE PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS REGARDING DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND COPING WITH LUNG CANCER, AND INFORMATION ABOUT ADVANCEMENTS IN RESEARCH. THE CONFERENCE ALSO PROVIDED MATERIALS FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS.
FREE TO BREATHE CREATES AND DISTRIBUTES FREE PRINT AND ONLINE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ON LUNG CANCER CAUSES, SYMPTOMS, PREVENTION, TREATMENTS AND CLINICAL TRIALS FOR PATIENTS, THEIR CAREGIVERS AND THEIR MEDICAL TEAMS. IN 2017, APPROXIMATELY 40,000 INDIVIDUALS ACCESSED THESE MATERIALS. IN ADDITION, OVER 50,000 INDIVIDUALS WERE EMAILED OUR NEWSLETTER WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE ENTIRE LUNG CANCER COMMUNITY. INNUMERABLE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED CRITICAL INFORMATION THROUGH ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN-PERSON EVENTS.
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 |
|---|
| Sherie Reinders | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 50 | $0 |
| Willie Mount | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Spigel | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jill Siegfried | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jean Kamla | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Antoinette Wozniak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sharon Munger | SECRETARY | 3 | $0 |
| Peter Fry | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Lorraine Pastore | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Joan Schiller | PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
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