Brian Hill, OCF Founder/Executive Director and Stage IV Oral Cancer Survivor
My wish is that in December this year the Oral Cancer Foundation can count on your help to fund our continued activities in 2020. Even as lean an organization as we run, with only 15% of each dollar going to fundraising or operational overhead, and the rest being applied to our cause-related missions in 2020, we still find there is never enough funding to address all the opportunities that we know need attention.
Historically, OCF’s financial support predominantly comes from those we have served, individuals who understand the chilling touch of this disease personally or on a family member’s life; and from those who work with us in the medical and dental communities that have first-hand knowledge of what OCF accomplishes. The truth is that we are just the vehicle to manifest their desire to better the oral cancer problem and bring this cancer down from its high ranking as a killer. Our ability to do so is directly tied to their support, both financial and as volunteers. It is this benevolence of thousands of private individuals that make each year’s activities and progress possible.
I am hoping that this year, we can count on your support and financial partnership to bring tangible, positive change to the world of oral cancer. Only together, when thousands of individual voices unite into a single chorus and a unified course of action, does progress occur.