Care Packs & Cocktails is only as successful as it is because of our support team. While we wish we could shout out each and every team member, we did want to take a moment to highlight a couple who have been by our side to help plan the best nonprofit event of the year.
March is a time to celebrate the love we have for our friends and family, and it’s important that we are sensitive to those that are struggling with cancer. We’ve compiled a list of things you can say and do to show your loved ones how much you love them.
It’s no secret that Cancer impacts people worldwide. Unfortunately, not any one of us can prevent cancer’s impact on our own, but as a group, and by starting in our own community, we can make a difference.
December of 2012 brought devastating news for 29-year-old Tarah Warren. Doctors said she had stage 4 ovarian cancer and she might not survive. Warren’s mother, Marylynn Green, had recently fought the same battle with breast cancer. “I had walked a difficult journey, but I did not want my child to walk that journey at all,” Green said.
Tenaciously Teal is a non-profit group with a heart for helping cancer patients. “That’s where we’ve come in to help him renovate this container, to buy the supplies, to gather the volunteers and experts to help him make it happen,” said Green.
A Ninnekah man living with terminal cancer finally has a new home after a local non-profit heard his story about living in an old semi-truck. After News 4’s original story ran, multiple businesses reached out to help and the renovation team got a lot of work done quickly.
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Tenaciously Teal provides various forms of support to cancer fighters to help them navigate their cancer journey and provide love to those in the midst of the battle.
After winning the battle against Stage IV ovarian cancer, Tarah Warren found a way to pay it forward to those still fighting.
“There are people out there that are fighting cancer, who are also worried about additional life stressors,” said Tarah Warren, founder of Tenaciously Teal. Tenaciously Teal is a local nonprofit created to help Oklahomans that are fighting cancer, and when they heard about Hoffman, they immediately went to work for a solution. …
Founder and Executive Director of Tenaciously Teal Inc. discusses the mission and what inspired her to start a ministry that has helped thousands of cancer fighters.
T. Teal was honored to receive the recognition of the inaugural OKC Awesome Award. The 1,000 grant helped use provide love and encouragement to cancer fighters and spread hope during a dark time in their lives.
In the president’s proposed 2018 budget, the National Cancer Institute would be hit with a $1 billion budget cut. On August 30th, T. Teal’s Executive Director, Tarah Warren, along with other cancer fighters and survivors, delivered over 600 petitions to Senator James Lankford in support of cancer research funding.
Mustang Times ran a story promoting T. Teal’s next Community Care Pack Party, which will be hosted by First United Oklahoma realtors.
KOCO5’s Maggie Carlo interviewed Tarah Warren, Tenaciously Teal Executive Director, and Jennifer Wallis, Care Packs & Cocktails Co-Chair, about T. Teal’s mission and upcoming Care Packs and Cocktails event.
Today we turn the spotlight on Tarah Warren, and she shares her story and her work with Tenaciously Teal.
In the press
Read about recent awards, accolades and press Tenaciously Teal has received.
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