About Us
Friends Fighting Cancer is a non-profit organization dedicated
to providing assistance to families of cancer patients who have unmet needs.
With money raised throughout the year, Friends Fighting Cancer can
offer financial assistance to residents in the Harnett County health care
community with these needs.
Friends Fighting Cancer can assist patients with such things as medication
assistance, mortgage or rent, utility payments and transportation needs.
Referrals for services are from local churches, business people,
hospitals, cancer centers and other places as well.
All money used by Friends Fighting Cancer is raised by either
donations, including those made in memory or honor of someone special, or
fund-raisers. Friends Fighting
Cancer has two major fund-raisers each year, on in the spring and one in the
fall. The annual spring
fund-raiser is known as Simply Southern Soiree.
During this spring event, money is raised through corporate
sponsorships, donations and participation in the event.
Guests attending the
Simply Southern Soiree are treated to
dinner, as well as both silent and live auctions.
The work of Friends Fighting Cancer continues in the fall as well,
with another fund-raiser called Laps for Life, which is in memory of Fonnie
Godwin, the founder of the event.
It is a time for locals to come out and walk for the charity.
Financial donations are always welcome as well as volunteer help for
the fundraising events.
In addition to meeting financial needs, Friends Fighting Cancer also
provides high school students who have or had a family member affected by
cancer with college scholarships.
Each scholarship given can be used at any college, whether state run
or private. All applications
submitted for scholarships are reviewed by a committee dedicated to that
task, who then forwards their recommendations to the Friends Fighting Cancer
board for the final decisions.