Welcome to The Boob Heads Team Page! Almost everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way, so a group of friends decided over 15 years ago to make a difference by raising money, and awareness by walking in our local breast cancer walk. We joined the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer beause joining them gives us the power to make a difference and fight back against this disease.

Since our team started, 4 of our members have battled and won the fight against breast cancer. We also have friends and family who have lost the battle or are currently fighting this disease. Many have won the fight, but some have not.

We have again accepted the challenge this year (2024) to raise funds to support the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement in its efforts to END BREAST CANCER FOREVER.

We readily join them to envision a future where our children no longer live with the threat of breast cancer and where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to prevent, find, treat, and survive this disease. By supporting the Making Strides movement, we help ensure the American Cancer Society can continue fighting for that same vision.

We want to remember and honor many friends and relatives who are breast cancer fighters and survivors or have lost the fight. A few of those friends and loved ones are Irma Louise Hathcote Sartain (Sharon Kipp’s paternal grandmother and her inspiration for starting the team), Cindy Walton, Jeanne Lollar, Patti Ingram, Debra Carmichael Ballard, Kim Byrd Lance, Melanee Lindsey, Charline Lawrence, Lisa Turk, Martha Ham, Stephanie Rice, Nancy Brown, Collie McGinty, Mary Jane Sassaman, Vicki Polk, Lisa Viator, Luanne Bryan Jones, Lezette Thomason, Dorcas Sheffield, Nina Sartain Turner, Linda Sartain Johnson, Emily Sartain Dickerson, Anita Clark, Marcia Picha & Dianne Tatara Garrett. Our list grows each year as more women we know and love are affected by breast cancer. We all walk because we've been affected by breast cancer in some way; and because the Making Strides event gives us the power to make a difference and fight back.

Every day, the American Cancer Society helps people take steps to reduce their risk of breast cancer or find it early when it is easiest to treat. They provide free information and services when and where people need it throughout their journey to get well. They are investing in groundbreaking research to find, prevent, treat, and cure breast cancer, and are working to ensure access to mammograms for women who need them. The money we raise is helping save lives with the ACS’s support services and lifesaving research.

The Boob Heads are true FUNdraisers by soliciting donations from family, friends, and other supporters. We also schedule fundraisers to lead up to the big walk event in the fall. These events are promoted on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TheBoobHeads, other social media, by word of mouth, and through flyers at workplaces and around neighborhoods. The success of fundraising depends on two things: hard work and getting the word out. We’re ready again this year to do both!  Keep an eye out for our fundraising events, or better yet please Join Our Team, The Boob Heads and FUNdraise and walk with us this fall, OR Donate to our cause today! 

This is our opportunity to honor breast cancer survivors, remember people we have lost, and help raise funds for groundbreaking research as well as information and services for people fighting breast cancer. We believe that what we are doing today will mean that breast cancer will never steal another year from anyone’s life. This is our opportunity to join our community and fight back against breast cancer, but also a way to inspire hope by raising funds and awareness. Together, we can help fund the future of breast cancer research and programs for our loved ones today and for the next generation to come.