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Heart of Healing – Winter 2026
We begin the new year with so much gratitude! In this issue, read how the Healing Odyssey community broke records with our year-end fundraising campaign, how you can help us fill our April retreat, a gift for you from a 30-year survivor, and more!

A Gift for You Curated through 30 Years of Survivorship
No matter where you are in your experience with cancer, an inspiring story of survivorship is always a boost for the spirit. A treasured member of the Healing Odyssey team recently marked a big point of such inspiration, hitting her 30th year as a breast cancer...

Giving Tuesday – We Have a Big Goal
Giving Tuesday Kicks Off Healing Odyssey’s Important Fundraising Season with an Unprecedented Goal! Help Us Reach $20,000.

Heart of Healing – Fall 2025
We are proud to introduce our first quarterly newsletter – The Heart of Healing. In our inaugural issue, we report on Retreat 62, Survivor Triumphs and the talented professionals who have joined the team. We’ve also provided some tips on how you can get involved to make an impact. No matter how you support Healing Odyssey, we treasure the community we’ve built since 1994.

A New Era for Healing Odyssey
In the midst of an exciting year, we want to update all of you, our treasured retreat grads and program supporters, on what lies ahead for Healing Odyssey.
Healing Odyssey a Top-Rated Nonprofit!
We are pleased to announce that we are listed at Great Nonprofits. This platform includes a listing about Healing Odyssey, and more importantly, testimonials from our donors, volunteers and participants.
Wine, Women and Song! And Men too! Event held on 7/8/23 Downtown Anaheim Community Center
What a wonderful event we had on Saturday night! We filled the community center with wonderful music, wine, food and fun! We had over 150 attendees and raised almost $30,000 for women cancer survivors! We are so grateful to our musician, graduate and the brains behind...
Total Wine and More. Wine Tasting 04/22/23
At one of our prior events, Rosalie Porter won a wine tasting for 20 people in our basket raffle. We felt very lucky to be invited and gladly joined in the fun. It was held at the Total Wine and More store in Temecula on 4/22/23. They have a tasting room at this...
Riviera Club Fashion Show 4/12/23
As you may recall in my last article, Healing Odyssey was the guest speaker at last months Riviera Women's Club luncheon. This club raised over $1,100 for Healing Odyssey. It was an honor to be the recipient of their charitable donations. Their fashion show was the...
Women’s Club Luncheon
Riviera Club Luncheon - 3/8/23 Donna Farris and I were invited to speak at a luncheon on 3/8/23 at the Hills Hotel hosted by the Riviera Club. They are a non-profit women's group located in South Orange County. Their president Kathy Moon, is an excellent, motivated...
