When Alison Lindemann was diagnosed with breast cancer, she endured a harrowing experience with multiple surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation. During her battle, Lindemann didn’t receive mental or emotional support due to the fact that she wasn’t aware such resources existed. “I didn’t know at the time there was a way to get emotional support and connect with other people going through the same thing I was,” she said.
Now as a cancer survivor and chairwoman of the board for Circle of Hope’s local chapter, she aims at connecting cancer fighters and their families to what the organization offers. “I understand firsthand what our clients are going through ..
. [and] I have an emotional connection to it,” she said. Circle of Hope, a nonprofit organization, offers financial and emotional support for cancer patients.
The local chapter’s wellness center in Newhall offers a space for emotional support groups, mindful meditations, and other forms of care, free of cost to patients, said Alexander Hafizi, vice chairman of the board. “We have over 30 to 40 different programs for them to come and try.” In order to provide the programs for free, the organization holds multiple fundraisers throughout the year so community members can further help provide such programs for free and allow Circle of Hope to bring in more patients battling the illness, added Hafizi.
On Saturday evening, Circle of Hope held one of its biggest fundraisers of the year, the “Hoedown for Hope.
