Amazon Heart and our peer support adventures are supported by the fundraising of our participants, and the generosity of individual donors and corporate sponsors. In addition, all of Amazon Heart's Adventures create a wider impact, with fundraising from each country used to support breast cancer projects in those regions. Donations from our Amazon Heart Thunder and Expedition adventures in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom support projects in those countries. Donations for our Amazon Heart Odyssey adventures fund those individual construction projects.
Past projects supported include:
United States
$5,000 to the Young Survival Coalition , a growing international group of thousands of survivors and supporters with the motto, "Action, Advocacy, Awareness," focusing on young women with breast cancer.
$500 to the Walking Stick Society's 2007 Breast Cancer Retreat for members of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana.
Australia
A$15,000 benefited Dragons Abreast Australia, the only national organization for breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams in the world. Participation in the wonderful and strenuous sport of dragon boat racing offers a powerful peer support experience and community for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
India
$25,000 raised by Amazon Heart Odyssey participants paid for the construction of cottages for orphans being cared for by St. Joseph's Development Trust at New Life Girls Village in Tamil Nadu.
United Kingdom
£22,000 raised by the Amazon Heart Thunder ride in the UK supported Amazon Heart Trust UK and Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity which offers therapeutic support and development to men, women and their supporters following a cancer diagnosis.
United States
$5,000 to the Young Survival Coalition , a growing international group of thousands of survivors and supporters with the motto, "Action, Advocacy, Awareness," focusing on young women with breast cancer.
$20,000 raised by Amazon Heart Odyssey Montana participants for the construction of a kids' bunkhouse for cultural studies on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana.
Australia
A$36,000 benefited Dragons Abreast Australia, the only national organization for breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams in the world. Participation in the wonderful and strenuous sport of dragon boat racing offers a powerful peer support experience and community for women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.
India
$6,500 raised by Amazon Heart Odyssey participants paid for the construction of a cottage for orphans being cared for by St. Joseph's Development Trust at New Life Girls Village in Tamil Nadu.
United Kingdom
£8,177 raised by the Amazon Heart Trust UK / Ladies of Harley ride in the UK supported equally Amazon Heart Trust UK and IBC UK which provides information and peer support ot women who have been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer.
United States
$5,000 to the Young Survival Coalition , a growing international group of thousands of survivors and supporters with the motto, "Action, Advocacy, Awareness," focusing on young women with breast cancer.
Australia
A$46,000 to Breast Cancer Network Australia - the national voice of Australians personally affected by breast cancer whose role is to empower, inform, represent and link together people whose lives have been affected by breast cancer.
Sri Lanka
$22,000 raised by Amazon Heart Odyssey participants paid for the construction of houses for impoverished families in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as well as local community health and education programs for poor women and children through the Lasallian Community Education Services.
United Kingdom
£32,500 to the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, which raises money specifically to fund information and support for younger women with breast cancer.
In 2004 Changing Gears raised funds in the United States and Australia to support the ollowing organizations:
The Young Survival Coalition
$3,000 for scholarships for young survivors to attend their national conference.
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
$26,125 for peer support programs.
Amazon Heart
$13,632 to support the development of peer support projects.
McGrath Breast Cancer Foundation Australia
A$3,156 to support a breast care nurse.
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