News & Events

Longtime Y-ME supporter, advocate, and survivor Kay Witkowski’s story featured on Good Day Chicago will touch your heart and inspire you to join her.

In just 10 days, we’ll gather on Mother’s Day in celebration and remembrance of breast cancer survivors.  Together, we’ll live the Y-ME mission.

Breast cancer patients and survivors say that talking to other survivors is key to dealing with the disease. The findings, the result of a new national poll of patients and survivors...

Amid concerns about recent headlines politicizing breast cancer funding, we want you to know where your contributions go.

Join us Mother's Day, Sunday, May 13th, in Grant Park for the annual Y-ME Race At Your Pace. Mark your calendar and register today!  

Y-ME is the only place someone touched by breast cancer can call and speak to a breast cancer survivor 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  It’s the human side of the fight against breast cancer – “the people behind the pink.”

CHICAGO – Y-ME is deeply saddened over the news that Maggie Daley, wife of former Chicago mayor, Richard Daley, has died. 

CHICAGO – Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization™, the only place in the world where a patient can call 24/7/365 to talk to a breast cancer survivor, launched a new website that focuses on the human element of breast cancer, featuring the People Behind the Pink, who are surviving breast cancer and the survivor peer counselors who provide emotional support and educational resources and information on Y-ME’s Hotline.

We have made a lot of progress in the fight against breast cancer.  Better treatments, better survival.  But still – in this country, one woman every three minutes hears the words “you have breast cancer.”  And when someone uses your name and cancer in the same sentence, you need to talk with somebody.  The Y-ME Hotline is the only place in the world a breast cancer patient can call 24/7 and speak to a breast cancer survivor who understands the challenges cancer patients face.