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A heartfelt thank you to the 375 attendees who joined us in celebrating 25 years of respite at the For Pete’s Sake Gala on 2.1.25! With your generosity, we raised over $296,000, ensuring that [...]

By: Julia Neff Awilda, 51 Breast Cancer Awilda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. As a single parent of two children, she experienced struggles from treatment and financial worries. She [...]

Today, we mark 25 years since the passing of our founder and my late husband, Pete Bossow, Jr.,  the birth of a mission that has touched countless lives: bringing respite to young adult cancer [...]

Over the next two months, Marci will share some of her journal entries from twenty-five years ago and explore how respite impacted her and Pete’s lives together, quietly strengthening them [...]

Over the next two months, Marci will share some of her journal entries from twenty-five years ago and explore how respite impacted her and Pete’s lives together, quietly strengthening them [...]

We are excited to announce that our CEO & Founder, Marci Schankweiler, has been nominated as one of the 2024 Be Well Philly Health Hero semi-finalists! We need our community’s help to [...]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the FPS Annual Meeting and Community Celebration on June 19 at our FPS Offices! We loved sharing our goals for the future with our valued supporters and [...]

On Sunday, April 28, 2024, we held our 13th Annual For Pete’s Sake Walk! in Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. It was truly a beautiful day, marked by excellent weather and the celebration [...]