The Power of a Monthly Gift

Recurring donations (making a gift each month) are one of the most impactful ways you can support the Breathing Room. For us, supporting local families in their fight against cancer is only possible due to the sustained support of individuals like you. Recurring donations, no matter the amount, build a foundation of stability, sustainability, and growth for our families.

Consistent, Reliable Support

The Breathing Room operates on an extremely low overhead – 90 cents of every dollar raised goes directly to Breathing Room recipients. For a mission-driven organization like ours, reliable support means more than just keeping the lights on in our office – it goes directly to our programs, with tangible, immediate impact like buying nutritional supplements for our recipients or providing them with a ride to their life-saving cancer treatment. We often get spikes in donations around the holidays, end-of-year, or fundraising events, but small monthly gifts make an incredible impact by providing a firm financial backbone that we can rely on.

Recurring Donations allow us to…

Plan for the future. Planning, budgeting, and programming are made easier when reliable support is available. Your monthly donation allows us to confidently create and implement our programmatic budgets.

Ask for support from everyone. It’s often easier for donors to give a small amount each month than a large gift once a year. When you think about the price of a cup of coffee ($5), a movie ticket ($15), a take-out dinner ($50), or a night out with friends ($100) – donating that monthly to the Breathing Room is within many individual budgets.

Turn supporters into donors and donors into advocates. When you give monthly, you’re part of the team. This partnership offers donors the opportunity to deepen their relationship with the Breathing Room, and become a real advocate for the mission. The monthly reminder that you’re making a difference for local families fighting cancer can offer a sense of pride, ownership, and hope for the growth of the Breathing Room.

Join the 1997 Club

Named for the year of our founding, our supporters who give monthly form the Breathing Room’s 1997 Club. The dollar amount of your monthly gift isn’t the focus – it’s the reliable, sustainable support that makes the 1997 Club so impactful. Every gift makes a difference, and lifts families up who are fighting cancer. Please consider joining the 1997 Club, and making your gift a monthly gift. Donate here.