The Carrington Cares Foundation , Inc 501 C 3 Non Profit Organization

10/12/2025

American Cancer Society's Making strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.

We enjoyed amazing people and amazing support. Julie Marie Churcher CCF is blessed to have you as the registered nurse on our board of directors. Today was incredible. You engaged every person that stopped by our table. The presentation of your displays were not only amazing, but they were attractive, informative and people were well educated as they stopped to ask questions. Thank you again. I could have done this without you.

10/09/2025

Strong, courageous and determined. Please help me celebrate RaeVonn as she celebrates 10 years cancer free! BLESSINGS and congratulations 💞💞💞

10/06/2025

Day 5: What Cancer Cannot Do
WHAT CANCER CANNOT DO
Cancer is so limited….
It cannot cripple love,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot destroy peace,
It cannot kill friendship,
It cannot suppress memories,
It cannot silent courage,
It cannot invade the soul,
It cannot steal eternal life,
It cannot conquer the spirit.
– Author Unknown
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10/05/2025

Day 4:

-TVYoutube One Woman's story of her battle with stage 3 breast cancer, and defied all odds. A must-see for all cancer survivors.

10/03/2025

Day 3: Please help me congratulate Donya Dawson 💞💞💞on 4 years and 7 month's cancer free.
Donya is the founder of, Healing Roots A Connected Community, see her website below.

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10/03/2025

Check out our website site at www.carringtoncaresfoundation.com

We are raising funds for our gas card program. This service is open to all cancer patients and will help offset some of the cost while undergoing treatment for cancer. Again, learn more by checking out our website.

Thank you truly comes from the heart.💞💞💞

10/02/2025

Day 2. If you have time please read this entire post. Early detection is key!

Key Statistics
Higher Mortality Rate: Black women are about 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than White women.
Lower Survival Rate: Black women have a lower 5-year survival rate (around 82%) compared to White women (around 92%), according to the American Cancer Society.
More Aggressive Cancers: Black women have a higher incidence of triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive form that is more challenging to treat.
Later-Stage Diagnosis: A significant factor is the lower rate of localized (early-stage) diagnoses, with 57% of Black women diagnosed at an early stage compared to 67% of White women.
Contributing Factors
Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment: Systemic racism and socioeconomic inequalities contribute to barriers in accessing timely, quality screening and treatment, leading to later-stage diagnoses.
Biological Factors: A higher proportion of Black women are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, a particularly aggressive subtype with poorer outcomes, according to the American Cancer Society.
Tumor Biology: Disparities exist across all breast cancer subtypes, not just triple-negative cancers, indicating factors beyond specific tumor biology are at play.
Other Health Conditions: Black women also face a higher prevalence of other health conditions, such as obesity, which can worsen breast cancer outcomes.
Implications and Recommendations
Leading Cause of Death: For Black women in the U.S., breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death.
Need for Early Screening: The high disparities underscore the need for earlier and more frequent breast cancer screenings.
Addressing Systemic Issues: Addressing systemic racism, improving access to healthcare, and reducing socioeconomic disparities are critical to closing the gap in breast cancer outcomes for Black women.
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Breast Cancer Research Foundation
https://www.bcrf.org
Black Women

The mission of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation is to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising breast cancer research.

10/01/2025

Blessings good morning and welcome to the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am Alana Carrington. I am a stage 3 breast cancer survivor/ conqueror. Today I celebrate 17 years 8 months and 4 days cancer free! There's a meaning behind why I have that breakdown. I'll explain sometime later during the month.

I am the President and founder of the Carrington Cares Foundation Inc. We are a nonprofit organization with a 501C3, below is the link to our website www.carringtoncaresfoundation.com please check us out at your earliest convenience.

For the month of October we are virtually raising funds for our gas card program. If you feel led to, please click on the link to our website and you can donate there.

This year we will not be having our annual Pink Carpet affair. There as we are revamping our entire event and preparing to come back next year bigger and stronger than ever.

06/25/2025

On behalf of our President, Alana Carrington and our Board of Directors we would like to send our condolences to Mary and the entire family of Jerry Thomas. Jerry truly be missed. 💞💞💞

10/19/2024

FACEBOOK FAM:
Tomorrow is the BIG DAY!! Our Annual CARRINGTON CARES PINK CARPET AFFAIR 2024!! Please come out and join us for some food, fun and new friendships!! Come meet our BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Alana W. Carrington, Laury Boyd, Mitchell Mcdonald, Jennifer Allen, Julie Churcher, Yolanda White and Araya Smith. We look forward to meeting all of our guests. Our CANCER FOUNDATION is to help ANYONE THAT HAS ANY TYPE of CANCER and currently recieving chemotherapy treatment. We give out gas cards to help ease trasportation expenses.We look forward to meeting all of you tomorrow. 🙂💗