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Case Study: Friends Of Survivors

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Friends of Survivors was established in 2012 to honor women in our local community who survived breast cancer. Although, breast cancer receives the most attention during Breast Cancer Awareness month each October, we work all year long to raise funds for the prevention, treatment, and cure of this devastating disease. This nonprofit organization raises money for donation to the American Cancer Society and Rebirth Alliance by hosting an annual Pink the Runway Fashion Show. However, Ms. Candice Brent has been a volunteer with our charitable organization for the past four years and she has put in a lot of his spare time and effort to make our work a success. Her responsibility is to focus on creating different activities to help raise money to
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