About Us

By breast cancer survivors for breast cancer survivors

Breast Cancer Recovery's mission is to help women heal mind, body and spirit after breast cancer. All programs are designed and conducted by survivors for survivors. 

Breast Cancer Recovery offers wellness retreats for women in all stages of breast cancer - newly diagnosed, in treatment and many years finished with treatment. Women ages 21 - 71 have attended our retreats. Breast Cancer Recovery also offers an annual educational conference, Sharing the Knowledge, each November in Madison, Wis.

Founded in 1997 by Ann Haney, Breast Cancer Recovery is a member of the Wisconsin Cancer Council and the Wisconsin Breast Cancer Coalition. Representatives of Breast Cancer Recovery have served on the planning committee for the Madison Race for the Cure as well as the Witness Project. Breast Cancer Recovery networks with area hospital staffs, breast cancer support groups, parish nurses, oncology nursing associations, and hospital auxiliaries throughout the state of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest.

In Their Own Words: Testimonials from Breast Cancer Recovery program participants

"I feel like the doctors took care of my body with surgery and treatments, and Breast Cancer Recovery took care of my soul and my spirit. The doctors say, 'You had your surgery, now go on your way and come back in three or six months and we’ll check you.' I thought, 'No, I need more!' And the retreat provided that."
 - Grace Schwingel

"After all the time spent in care of others, the silence that follows treatment can be deafening. It’s an easy time for all the fears and insecurities to surface. This retreat has helped me see that I needed to face and name these, one by one, in order to let them go. It should be a required step in treatment!
- Barb, July 2008

"When you’re that ill, the medical community is working frantically to save your life. When they’re done, there you sit. With the cancer diagnosis, it was like a fire went out of my soul. With the Infinite Boundaries retreat, a little flame sparked back to life, and I felt like I could move forward. Breast Cancer Recovery is truly marvelous."
- Katherine Stolen-Sine