About us

The name of our company can mean many different things: 1. the hope that a cure for breast cancer will be found before the disease recurs in someone you love; 2. the hope that breast cancer will never directly affect your family; 3. the hope that all women - sisters in the general sense - will join together to conquer breast cancer.

Whatever it means for you, let that definition guide you.

A Sister's Hope became reality in 2006 after three years of dreams and plans. The company's mission is to create and produce events that will raise substantial funds crucial for breast cancer research, services needed by those who are dealing with breast cancer and programs that will improve proper diagnosis. Events in the United States launched this year.

Stichting A Sister's Hope - The Netherlands

Stichting (the Dutch word for non-profit) A Sister's Hope was founded in The Netherlands in the fall of 2006 by Cathy Seabaugh and Martje Hoekmeijer. Cathy had worked for several years on the breast cancer fundraising walks in the United States and Martje was working on different special events in Holland. In its young history, A Sister's Hope has generated more than 2.1 million euro for breast cancer researchers in The Netherlands. Donors in the United States who have supported Dutch participants have combined for more than $40,000 in research funds for a project at the University at Albany-New York. Both Cathy and Martje have strong motivation for what they are doing.

"I vividly remember the night I found out my sister had been diagnosed," Cathy said. "I felt completely helpless and was so afraid of what the diagnosis might mean." Eleven years have passed and Cathy's sister continues living in the Midwest of the U.S., spending as many hours as possible with the small grandson that was born on her birthday, and the new granddaughter born in January 2010. Cathy walked five of the 3-day breast cancer walks in the U.S., then the time arrived to do something more.

Martje lost her maternal grandmother to breast cancer. An avid runner and physical education instructor at an Amsterdam school, Martje strongly believes in people being active and sees A Sister's Hope events as an opportunity for people to not only raise significant funding for breast cancer research, but also a way to become more healthy themselves by participating in the events.

The 2010 events promise to be amazing! There really is no limit to what can be accomplished.

To learn how you can start making a difference now, check out
Pink Moon Run & Walk-Jackson, MO
A Sister's Hope 60K - Amsterdam.

You can write to us at info@ASistersHope.org or call (773)412-6397 in the U.S., or 06 47 94 1730 in The Netherlands. We look forward to talking with you.