Lacks Cancer Center at St. Mary's Hospital

Kathy Feeny belongs to a group of individual volunteers who make heart-shaped pillows that are offered to recovering breast cancer patients for protection while they heal. The pillows are covered in brightly colored cheerful patterns and matching pairs are made for those recovering from double mastectomies.

The group makes 15 to 20 breast cancer pillows each month, approximately 180 to 240 per year.

Kathy told us “Just after I moved to a new town, I was at the local hospital for a blood test. While there I learned that a group of volunteers, each working on their own, made breast cancer pillows that were offered to recovering patients protection while they healed. Since my mother died of cancer, two of my sisters and two of my daughters had suffered from breast cancer and I had lost an eye due to squamous cell cancer, I was immediately touched by this charitable work.”