Ms. Manilow taught math at BZ with such passion. If you had her as a teacher, she made you feel like learning anything was possible. When Ms. Manilow passed away from breast cancer in 2022, it devastated our community. She touched the lives of so many, and I want to honor her memory with all […]
Cancer takes and takes so much from us—our certainty, our time, our sense of control, sometimes it even our sense of self. But in the midst of trauma it can reveal something extraordinary: the resilience of the human spirit. I got involved with Brushes with Cancer because I believe in the power of storytelling, our
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Ericka Weiffenbach first heard of Brushes with Cancer from the Bresties Women’s Group of Northern Illinois, which she joined after receiving her diagnosis. Still new, she felt alone and lacking a community of people going through a similar life change. At the time, she hadn’t shared her diagnosis publicly and she couldn’t escape the feeling
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