BCO ladies take a group photo at lunch at George's Restaurant in Long Beach, California on June 3, 2014
Left to right: _ann_ (in black), badger (behind), hbcheryl (in front of badger), ruthbru, kindergarten, SlowDeepBreaths, 2nd_time_around, whippetmom, and sweetandspecial
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The "California Dreamin’" group eats out on June 2, 2014 in Culver City, CA at the historic and beautiful Culver City Hotel.
Left to right: ruthbru, sweetandspecial, badger, a friend, and hbcheryl
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These fit and fabulous ladies from the "Let's post our daily exercise" group met for a "Sweat" class at Curl Fitness in Newport Beach, California on June 3rd, 2014.
Left to right: _ann_, badger, Eduardo (the fitness instructor), ruthbru, sweetandspecial, and hbcheryl (in front)
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Lunch with the ladies on April 26, 2014.
Left to right: Pawprint, Salina888, grammakathy and 2nd_time_around
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Toronto, Canada ladies having fun times on September 21, 2013.
From left to right: mamglam, Alyson, lassie11 and hrf
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BCO lunch bunch get together in San Diego, CA on April 6, 2014.
“We have no schedule or agenda, we just enjoy each other’s company” – SoCalLisa.
Taken at the Miramar café in San Diego.
Back row: _ann_, BHD, Donnabelle, sylviag, guitarGrl, SoCalLisa, Marge, Adnerb
Front row: bonnid, and SoCalLisa
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BCO lunch bunch, January 19, 2014.
From left to right:
Back row: Mary, Solen, sylviag, meliaanne, BMD, Marge, guitarGrl, Adnerb
Front row: SoCalLisa, bonnid, 2nd_time_around
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More from the San Diego, CA ladies on January 8, 2012.
In this picture the ladies are celebrating 5 years of meeting up!
From left to right: guitarGrl, Shirlann, jeanne46, SoCalLisa
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Our New Zealand members meet in October 2011.
chrissyb in the middle, and Alyson on the right.
Are you in this photo? Email community@breastcancer.org to let us know!
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Our BCO members in San Antonio, TX in October 2011.
From Aussie member chrissyb’s trip to the USA.
“To those who travelled to meet me at each of the gatherings, I am so glad you did as I really loved meeting each and every one of you. You have all created memories that will sustain me for a long time to come and it's really nice to be able to put a real personality to the avatars I see here on BCO” - chrissyb.
Are you in this photo? Email community@breastcancer.org to let us know!
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New Jersey, CA meet-up in October 2011.
From left to right: chrissyb, Dotty, Kay1963, reesie, and Hauntie.
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July 2013 survivors, Iowa City, IA.
Michelle ("Mcook301") was running in the Million Dollar Marathon so some of the gals came to cheer her on! These ladies spent three fun filled days together.
From left to right: Luanne ("shianne29), Joanne ("Joanne_53"), Christine ("Scottiee1"), Mary ("Maryah930"), Sheila ("SwgeeWi"), and Aimee ("iatigger")
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BCO sisters from the NJ thread in Tarantella restaurant in Clark, NJ on May 9th, 2012.
“We spent the afternoon hearing stories and getting to know each other without our computers! It was a wonderful time; I’m still in contact with many of the women in the photo” – Karmil710.
Members include: Carla ("citykitty"), Iris ("proudtospin"), Rachel ("rachelvk"), Joan ("JoanQuilts"), Betsy ("bdavis"), and Karen ("Karmil710")
Are you in this photo? Email community@breastcancer.org to let us know!
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Our lovely members from the Florida Thread meet.
Standing from left to right: Elaine ("choca1711"), Terri ("terricarolyn"), Ann (auriga's mom), Kathy ("auriga"), Karen ("kdeit"), Debbie ("faithandfifty"), and Barbara ("hipchik47")
Seated: Jackie (not a BCO member, but a survivor), Marsha ("marshakb") and Cathy ("CatFL")
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Sisters from the "New England States" thread posted this picture on June 28th, 2009.
From left to right: KAK, NaughtybyNature, Leahrc, elliem1207
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The ladies of the "Philly Get Together" thread hang out in PA.
Left to right: Nancy, Marie, Sandy, Beth, and Shelley.
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This photo, posted by PatMom, includes the Northern New Jersey sisters congregating on October 23, 2009
From left to right: Shellyr25, MBCR, Desny, Patmom
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The BCO ladies march on Washington, July 2013.
From left to right: patoo, NatsFan, ruthbru, odie16, badger, hbcheryl, and Wonderland
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"Leaving our hearts in San Francisco," June 2014
Front row: sweetandspecial, patoo, dazedandconfused, badger
Back row: ruthbru, exbrnxgrl, NatsFan, hbcheryl
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The first "Let's Post Our Daily Exercise" thread get-together in Minneapolis, MN, USA October, 2011.
From left to right: hbcheryl, ruthbru, badger, patoo, with Mary Tyler Moore.
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Inland Empire of Southern California BCO Sisters' Third Gathering, Olive Garden, Moreno Valley, CA, USA, June 14, 2014
Left to right: SheChirple, Sandi (chachamom’s friend), Salina888, chachamom, 2nd_time_around, Pawprint, and grammakathy
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Inland Empire of Southern California BCO Sisters' 4th meet-up, September 20, 2014, Miguel's, Dos Lagos, CA, USA
Left to right: 2nd_time around, Pawprint, and grammakathy
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Breastcancer.org friends celebrate in Orlando, FL, USA!
From left to right: Spookiesmom, Chevyboy, and sas-schatzi
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2nd annual reunion of 2013 Survivors, Selkirk, Ontario, Canada
From left to right: Luanne ("shianne29), Sheila ("SwgeeWi"), Aimee ("iatigger") Joanne ("Joanne_53"), Mary ("Maryah930"), and Christine ("Scottiee1")
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September 2013 Chemo Thread meets up in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 11, 2014!
Front row: Alfranco, Audra67, Simplelife4real
Back row: Runningfromcancer, kjsimpson, Lighthouselady, Kbeee, Betterday
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Smaarty and feelingfeline bridge the 6,000 mile gap between them!
Smaarty traveled to Ireland from California and met up with feelingfeline at The Irish National Stud in County Kildare, Ireland where they had lunch and took the tour of the horse breeding facility and gardens on August 17, 2015.
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Fit Friends!
The 2016 Lets Post Our Daily Exercise Sculpted Sisters meet for lunch with some of the Hill Country ladies on their San Antonio Road Trip.
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Ladies, Start Your Engines!
In 2017, the Let's Post Our Daily Exercise Sculpted Sisters took their annual vacation to Daytona, Florida, USA, where they took a very interesting tour of the Daytona International Speedway!
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Runningfromcancer's wedding on 7/6/18 -- she invited six members of the Sept 2013 chemo thread that she'd become close with.
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BCO ladies take Texas in March 2018.
From left to right: keepthefaith, RMlulu, NY2TXbaby, JWoo
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The March 2015 chemo group created this Traveling Bracelet. When a member needs support, the bracelet is sent to them, and a charm is added by each person who receives it to give hope to the others. It's been all over the world!
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The Traveling Bracelet group met up in Ensenada, Mexico in March 2018 for a beautiful horseback ride along the beach!
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Littleblueflowers and positive_spirit celebrate 1 year post-chemo in August 2016. They met on BCO and promised to meet at Glacier National Park a year after chemo was completed.
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CoachVicky (right) traveled from Northern Alabama to Tampa, Florida to meet SpecialK (left)! SpecialK suggested a second opinion for CoachVicky from her oncologist, so CoachVicky made the trip. SpecialK even joined CoachVicky at the appointment to show her support!
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Do you have pictures of your BCO get-togethers that you'd like to share?
Send them to us at community@breastcancer.org in high-quality jpeg form with a list of those photographed, and we'll feature it here!
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