Friends and family established The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation for LIVING with Breast Cancer in 2007 to honor Karen’s life, share her legacy and inspire women to live – really live – every day, as Karen did.

Karen’s foundation focuses on the healthy parts of the body. The legs that can still walk and the lungs that can still breathe, not the cancer. We focus on improving the quality of lives of women and families LIVING with breast cancer. That’s why LIVING is our mission. While we know a cure is out there somewhere, we aren’t holding our breath. We encourage women and their families to LIVE today. Karen’s foundation offers women some fun and a reprieve from the stress of living with cancer.

Karen always thought it would be great, once she “beat” cancer, to send a few women LIVING with breast cancer on vacation each year. Well, Karen is no longer here, but her Foundation is and since 2007 we have sent more than 35 women and their families on fun-filled vacations to a variety of places – beaches, mountains and islands. Others have enjoyed spa days with friends or special nights out with families. For women who feel restricted by changes in their appearances from the effects of cancer treatments, Karen’s Foundation has also provided wigs and makeovers.