Community Partners

HERS is fortunate to have the support of devoted individual donors, volunteers, small and large businesses, and foundations. Below is a list of supporters we’re currently highlighting. Their generosity and dedication to our patients, and the efforts of all our friends, allow us to bring Hope, Empowerment, Renewal, and Support to breast cancer survivors.

We’re incredibly fortunate to count the Fremont Bank Foundation as a dedicated and exceedingly generous donor. The Foundation has supported our work since 2000 by supporting a wide range of initiatives and events; as our annual People with Purpose Gala and Walk/Run/Yoga Fundraiser Legacy Sponsor, their contributions and attendance ensure our events’ success. Since 2000 Fremont Bank Foundation has contributed nearly $450,000 to HERS, thereby ensuring that our assistance programs and our patients’ product needs are sustained.

The team at Dutra Enterprises, Inc. has generously provided thousands of meals for hungry participants of our annual Walk/Run/Yoga fundraiser since 1999. In the words of John J. Dutra, “HERS Breast Cancer Foundation was there when our mother had breast cancer nearly many years ago. We’re loyal supporters of HERS and are proud of the work they do for mothers, wives, and women everywhere.”

Our friends at Stanford Health Care/Tri-Valley are generous underwriters of our Pleasanton location, providing us with a lovely space for our second location since 2014. Stanford Health Care/ValleyCare is also a recurring sponsor of both our annual People With Purpose Gala and Walk/Run & Community Expo, and have donated nearly $30,000 to support those events. We’re incredibly grateful for their dedication to our mission and patients.

To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation is a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization with the vision that no one should face breast cancer alone. Funds raised from their annual gala fashion show are granted to organizations supporting breast cancer survivors from throughout the Bay Area. HERS has received grants each year since 2012, totaling nearly $43,000, in support of our Lymphedema Project.

Tri-Valley Socks was a fundraising effort by an amazing group of “fun-loving and hard-working volunteers” — Tri-Valley women and their loved ones who decided to take a stand against breast cancer. Thanks to their many years of hosting their “Bras for The Cause Breast Cancer Walk” in Pleasanton, their fundraising helped numerous organizations conduct breast cancer research, provide treatment, and host educational programs. HERS was one of the fortunate organizations that benefited from this group’s tireless efforts, and we are forever grateful. Sadly, their final walk was held on May 7, 2022, but the memory of this wonderful group lives on! HERS received contributions from Tri-Valley SOCKS over a span of 9 years and received nearly $200,000 in support of our underserved patients.

HERS has the privilege of operating its Fremont Program Store within Washington Hospital West, thanks to former CEO Nancy Farber, current CEO Kimberly Hartz and the hospital’s Board of Directors. The store opened in 2005 as a beautiful and welcoming space for breast cancer survivors where our team provides breast prosthetics, pocketed bras, compression garments, and wigs. In addition to this generous in-kind donation of space, Washington Health supports breast cancer patients through its generous HERS event sponsorships.