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Volume XXXVI, No. 12 www.TBNweekly.com June 26, 2014 INSIDE My Hope Chest Nonprofit helps uninsured breast cancer survivors pay for reconstructive surgery By TIFFANY RAZZANO surgeries over the course of a year “to take a woman from flat helping women afford this elusive reconstructive surgery they to finished,” Savoretti said – costs around $25,000. While in- otherwise couldn’t afford on their own. It’s the only charity of SEMINOLE – Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, Alisa surance companies consider it part of breast cancer treat- its kind. Savoretti has done it all: performed in Las Vegas as a show- ment and include it in their healthcare plans, the uninsured For the past 10 years, Savoretti has kept the nonprofit girl, worked as a court reporter in Los Angeles, founded an are out of luck. going, even when it seemed to be running on fumes, and said online furniture store. But it’s the final stage of treatment, Savoretti said, and it’s finally gaining some momentum. My Hope Chest moved But she’s also a breast cancer survivor, which has in- necessary. “It would be nice if uninsured women could be out of her Seminole home and into a suite at the Seminole spired the most ambitious endeavor of her life: My Hope taken from start to finish. Where is the support for the unin- Office Center, 7985 113th St. N., earlier this month. She’s Chest. The organization assists uninsured women around sured mastectomy, some say victim, but I say survivor?” also received national attention, with a mention in Fitness the country who have lost one or both breasts during their She acknowledges that while many charity dollars as pos- Magazine and O, the Oprah Magazine. Last October, Read- fight with breast cancer to pay for their reconstructive sur- sible need to be used for saving lives, it’s wrong to consider er’s Digest named her one of the nine names to know in the gery, which the larger breast cancer charities don’t fund. this reconstructive surgery unnecessary. After a mastectomy fight against breast cancer. Nearly 22,000 women each year lose their breasts to can- many women don’t feel like themselves anymore. It affects My Hope Chest also has landed two national corporate cer and are unable to pay for reconstruction themselves be- confidence and self-image, she said. “It changes how they sponsors. A portion of GenieBra’s sales are donated to the OUTDOORS cause they’re uninsured or they can’t afford their deductible. look at themselves.” See MY HOPE CHEST, page 4A Dolphin Watch This complicated surgery – which actually consists of three This is where My Hope Chest comes in. It focuses solely on All is fair in love and war, even at sea. Combine long life, a big brain and learn- A memorable day Jolly working to ing from experience. Simmer for several seasons. Savor the mouth-watering re- sults. Delightfully, dolphins return to the Intracoastal Waterway as the waters help veterans warm. Our local waters include resident dolphins that return to their summer haunts. They also include nonresident with health care dolphins of both sexes that we see much less often. By SUZETTE PORTER ... Page 5A. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill June 10 that SCHOOLS should help veterans receive timelier healthcare. The Veteran Access to Care Act, co-sponsored by Congressman David Jolly, who represents SPC president Pinellas County’s District 13, and Congressman Gus Bilirakis, who represents District 12, allows contract extended the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to contract with non-VA facilities to provide care for eligible veter- St. Petersburg College president Bill ans among other things. Law, who completed his fourth year as “This was a simple step that can provide im- college president earlier thi