October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! To show our support we will be sponsoring Natalia Reyes Bilateral Mastectomy Fund through the South Jersey Breast Cancer Coalition! There is two different ways that you can help us achieve the highest donation amount!  We are not asking you to donate any amount of money; we will be doing that on YOUR behalf! So, how can YOU help Natalia? 

Step 1: Please write a review/testimonial of the service that was provided for you with Guzzo Stucco on any of our online Directories provided below. For every Review/Testimonial we will donate $10.00 on your behalf!

Google Places Review: https://plus.google.com/u/0/117921964462780454631/about

Yelp Review: http://www.yelp.com/biz/guzzo-stucco-vineland-4

Bing Review: http://local.yahoo.com/info-99204793-guzzo-stucco-vineland 

Step 2: For every 10 new “Likes” or “Followers” on our Social Networks provided below we will donate an additional $5.00 on your behalf!

Like our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GuzzoStucco

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GuzzoStucco

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After meeting and speaking with Natalia Reyes, this woman deserves the world! Please take 15-20 minutes out of your day to help someone live the rest of their life!

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Read Her Story Below:

Natalia and William Reyes were newlyweds in the spring of 2002.  While in the midst of purchasing their first home and expecting their first child, Natalia found a lump about the size of her thumbnail, in her left breast.  As her belly expanded, so did the size of the lump.  On June 15th, Natalia gave birth to a healthy Baby Girl and soon after, underwent various testing on the lump.  On July 2, 2002, Natalia, just 35 years old, was diagnosed with Stage II B Invasive Ductal Carcinoma.  She was forced to stop breast-feeding and immediately go through the rigors of a grueling chemotherapy regimen, followed by surgery and many weeks of radiation treatments.  Natalia and William were told that she only had a 50% chance of surviving, and if she did, she would not be able to have any more children because of her cancer treatments.  They never imagined being given such devastating news.  The wonder and excitement they felt with having a new baby and a new home, quickly changed to fear and dread.

Despite struggling with ongoing side effects from the chemotherapy she received long ago, Natalia works endlessly to do all that she can to help eradicate this disease.  Since 2003, Natalia and her family have been inspired to raise funds for several organizations.  She is active in her community with public speaking, outreach activities, and works with State and other agencies to educate the public and raise awareness of early cancer detection.

In November, 2012, Natalia was diagnosed with a second, separate cancer in her right breast.  Fortunately, and thanks to the keen eye of the Radiologist, this cancer was caught early.  Natalia’s experience with cancer, however, was about to take an unexpected turn.  Instead of being the patient, Natalia would become the caregiver.  Less than four weeks after her second diagnosis, Natalia’s husband, William, would be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.  Natalia, who was to have bilateral mastectomies, would have to put her surgery on hold and instead, have radiation, in order for her husband to be treated.    Nearly a year later, Natalia is still awaiting the radical operation that she will have to undertake, as her husband heals from his own major surgery, in which his entire rectum was removed.

Although this disease has had a profound negative effect on her life, Natalia tries to have a positive outlook.  “Never give up hope” is the mantra she tells her children and those that have been affected by this disease.  Her biggest hope is that Breast Cancer can be eradicated before her children grow old enough to have significant risk factors of their own.  She hopes that by helping to educate the public of the risk factors that can lead to breast cancer, she can help prevent someone else from having to go through all that she has.  Education is power!  Be aware, be involved!  Early detection saves lives! 

Warm Regards,
Caitlin Nicke
SMO/SEO Account Manager
caitlin@guzzostucco.com
Guzzo Stucco Masonry, Inc
www.guzzostucco.com
3501 D'Ippolito Dr.
Vineland, NJ 08360
P: 856-690-8888
F: 856-690-8890