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Help Joy Overcome Breast Cancer

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If you’ve ever met Joy, you know her name says everything.

Joy is a mother, daughter, sister, friend, and beloved member of our recovery community. She’s held many of us through our darkest moments with steady hands and an open heart. As a careworker, Joy has spent her life nurturing others as a massage therapist, yoga instructor, and Reiki healer. She’s the kind of person who helps others find their center, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Now, Joy needs us to show up for her.

Recently, Joy was diagnosed with breast cancer. As she begins the long road of healing through surgeries and ongoing medical care, she will need to step away from her work for nearly a year. Because she owns her own business, this means a complete loss of income during her treatment and recovery.

We’re raising funds to help cover Joy’s living expenses, medical costs, and the space she needs to focus entirely on her healing without the added stress of financial strain. Every donation is a chance to give back to someone who’s given so much to all of us.

Joy has taught so many of us how to stay, how to breathe, how to believe in the slow quiet work of transformation. Let’s return that gift. Let’s help her rest, recover, and rise again, held by the very community she’s helped build.

Thank you for your love, generosity, and support. Please give what you can, and share this campaign widely.

With gratitude,
Jean
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    Jean Shorts
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    Detroit, MI
    Joy Vanbael
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