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Help Sarah Defeat Cancer

Cancer Update & Thank You 

We are telling Sarah’s story because we need your help.  A beacon of light from the Caribbean to North America, Sarah has helped struggling students get through college and families fighting to make ends meet. Now, the tables are turned. Her current health costs are staggering and we must help her with the same intensity that she has us. 

An ex-police officer from the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and a leader in any organization in which she has served, Sarah Tannis-Joseph knows how to fight. On the verge of retirement, Sarah was rearing up to create a foundation that would offer alternative, holistic treatment methods to those battling with cancer.

But in a routine check-up last year, she found out that she had Stage 4 colon cancer and it had spread to her liver. Sarah, who is already a breast cancer survivor, was stunned by this diagnosis but knew she needed to act fast. With one round of chemotherapy treatment already done, Sarah is fighting for her life.

Insurance alone will not cover her long-term care, alternative and integrative therapies or any experimental trials. So, we need YOU!

1)   Give what you can
2)   Share Sarah’s story
3)   Let us know about others who are challenging the boundaries of traditional medicine in the fight against cancer. Every amount helps and all funds collected will go directly to Sarah’s treatment.

Thank you for reading this and contributing in any way you can. 

 
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Tiffani’s Testimonial
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When I was a graduate student who moved to New York without any family to speak of, I was given the phone number of Ms. Sarah Tannis. I was told to call her and that she would help me find a church that I could eventually call my family. When I touched down in New York, she was the first person I met. She taught me how to catch the subway into Brooklyn and immediately began introducing me to young people my age whom she knew would give me a warm welcome. She told me, “You will have Sunday dinner with my pastor this week and next week you will have dinner with me.” Her kindness to a girl whom she didn’t know from Adam has me now welling up with tears. She didn’t have to reach out. She didn’t have to extend a hand. She didn’t have to welcome me. How much could I – an NYU student – really add to her life? She was my angel and I can only say that she remains someone who I continue to look up to. Her fight, her determination, and grit is rare. We need people like Sarah with us. They spur us on to be the best versions of ourselves.
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Donations 

  • Petronella Dickson
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $75 
    • 3 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Judy Lewis
    • $50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Esther Thomas
    • $200 
    • 3 yrs
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Sarah Tannis-Joseph
Organiser
Brooklyn, NY

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