Keep A Breast Treasured Chest Program still taking applications!

The Keep A Breast Foundation’s Treasured Chest program strives to give Newly Diagnosed Women a way to document their body and their feelings at a specific time in their treatment. In San Diego County, Keep A Breast foundation has partnered with several Spa’s to offer locations for recently diagnosed women to have a plaster cast of their breasts made  by a Keep A Breast Foundation trained casting expert. The Keep A Breast Foundation Breast Casts™ are part of KAB’s unique campaigns to use art and artistic expression to inform young people about methods of prevention, early detection, coping and support.

The Treasured Chest program, allows newly diagnosed women the opportunity to turn their casted torso into a beautiful piece of art. This awareness campaign is like no other, harnessing the power of art to communicate complex feelings and thoughts about health, the female form and ultimately about breast cancer. Combining sculpture, philanthropy, and symbolic artistry, the one-of-a-kind plaster forms of the female torso are customized by artists and given back to the castee to document a specific point in the breast cancer journey.

Newly diagnosed women may be facing a dramatic change to their female form resulting in the loss of a breast (mastectomy), partial removal of a breast (lumpectomy) or shrinkage of a breast caused by radiation. Others who are diagnosed with breast cancer will not have these procedures and the program is also designed to support these women. The psychological changes that accompany a breast cancer diagnosis are just as important as possible physical changes.

“I documented my cancer journey several ways: photography, journaling and after my mastectomy I was casted. I donated my cast to KAB and it is now used as an educational piece that I believe raises awareness and saves lives. I will forever be grateful to KAB for this opportunity.” – Miss Nixon

If you are interested in being cast we have one more opening on March  9^th at the Model Call Salon on 3741 Park Blvd in Hillcrest! As well as booking appointments for April at Bergamot Spa in Encinitas and for May at Rock A Betties in El Cajon.

Please email MissNixon@keep-a-breast.org to learn more!