Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization™ is the only place in the world where someone can call – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year – and talk to a breast cancer survivor and be understood in 150 languages.

We are needed now more than ever. Despite advances in breast cancer research and treatment, there is still no substitute for talking to someone who’s been in ‘your shoes’ after a doctor tells you that you have cancer.

Our mission to ensure no one faces breast cancer alone remains unique, and the need for breast cancer support today is as critical as it was when the organization was founded 32 years ago.

When our co-founders Ann Marcou and Mimi Kaplan met, they bonded as they discovered they had asked themselves the exact same thing when they each heard their diagnoses: Why me? What started with two women at a kitchen table in the south suburbs of Chicago grew to be a national organization of survivors helping fulfill the needs of hundreds of thousands of people seeking information and emotional support over the years.