About Us

The Bridge over breast cancer

Uninsured women in the North Texas community can’t afford to fight breast cancer. But, they can’t afford not to.

The Bridge was founded in 1992 to serve as the link between these women and the life-saving care they so desperately need. Only through the help of volunteers and generous
donations from the North Texas community is
The Bridge able to carry out this vital mission.

“Women without private health care insurance who have breast cancer receive this diagnosis later and die sooner than privately insured women with breast cancer.”

-New England Journal of Medicine

Women without a bridge

Status or circumstance shouldn’t be a factor in a woman’s fight against breast cancer. Cancer doesn’t care whether a woman is Asian or Caucasian, 16 or 60, insured or not. The care shouldn’t discriminate either.

The Bridge serves uninsured and underinsured women in 16 counties in the DFW area. In the past decade, The Bridge has served over 78,000 North Texas women and connected more than 10,000 with medical treatment.

Crossing the divide

For every dollar donated, Bridge clients receive nearly 10 times that amount in medical care. Over 235 physicians in the metroplex have graciously volunteered their professional services and 49 medical facilities have greatly reduced their fees to make such a large discount possible. Your tax-deductible donation goes toward lifesaving evaluations and treatment, such as biopsies,
medication, and chemotherapy.

“I would not have been able to pay the large bills for medication without your assistance. The Bridge is my lifeline to living.” Client

Neighbors being Neighbors

These women have something special in common
with you. You call the same city home. You share the
same roads, the same stores, the same oxygen. Their
voices help bolster yours at a Cowboys’ game. They
work hand-in-hand with you to make this city thrive.
Although you’ve probably never met, you affect each
other’s lives every day. That’s nothing out of the ordinary. That’s just neighbors being neighbors. Your neighbors need your help. They’re facing a dark
time in their lives. Every donation is an essential
building block in your neighbors’ bridge over breast cancer.

Build a bridge, save a life.

Without a bridge,

the river seems deeper, the other side is

much further, and the water feels colder

and faster than you have ever known.

Without a bridge,

the night seems darker, the forest

is thicker, and strange sounds

feel closer than comfort allows.

Without a bridge,

you seem smaller, the world is

bigger, and you feel more helpless

than you ever have before

That’s where we come in.