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Charity Matters Podcast

I have met so many people in a decade of interviewing nonprofit founders but a select few have left a real lasting impression and Roberta Lombardi of Infinite Strength is one of them. We hadn’t spoken in a few years and I wanted to touch base and see what she was up to, you may remember her remarkable story.

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How Breast Cancer Led to Life’s Purpose

The impact on you mentally and emotionally adds up. I had scars from the mastectomy, my stomach was bloated, I had a facial rash from the drugs, and then l I lost all my hair. After finishing my course of chemotherapy, I was an absolute mess. I was drained, exhausted, I didn’t look good and I didn’t feel good about myself.

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Finding Purpose

“I was in complete desperation and in danger of being evicted and I came across the Infinite Strength Foundation website,” said White. “I just wrote a long email and explained my situation, and [the foundation’s founder] Roberta Lombardi contacted me. She’s like an angel who came out of nowhere.”

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Breast Cancer Taught Me to Love My Body

From a very young age I struggled with body image. My mother struggled with her weight after having children and projected that onto her daughters. I was told I was chubby even when I was not, and as such I never saw myself as thin even at those times in my life when I was.

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TueNight Interviews Roberta Lombardi

Roberta is a three-year breast cancer survivor and founder and president of Infinite Strength, a nonprofit that provides financial assistance to underserved/underinsured women diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of the women helped by her organization are single mothers who are financially disadvantaged and/or below the poverty level.

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Roberta Lombardi of Infinite Strength

Today I am honored to share the story of an amazing woman and the work she is doing. Meet Roberta Lombardi, who started the nonprofit, Infinite Strength. Like many women I have met over the years, Roberta went through something terrible and survived. Then she took her experience and the things she learned and discovered and created something to make going through that same thing easier for other women.

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Life Support

Wanting to give back to Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Health, Lombardi in February 2018 founded Infinite Strength, a nonprofit that raises funds to support survivors. She put her event planner skills to work and created the fundraising gala “An Evening in Pink” in May 2018 and raised $50,000. The 2019 gala raised even more.

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One Woman Chooses Her Legacy

It’s true that I’m not the same person I was before breast cancer, but I’ve created something positive out of that reality — for myself and for my family. The legacy of cancer I am passing on to my children is different than the one my family left me.

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Woman starts non-profit to help with out of pocket medical expenses

A breast cancer diagnosis is a physical and emotional struggle. The financial burden many people face, only makes it harder. Roberta Lombardi decided to help people in need by starting the non-profit Infinite Strength. She dealt with her own invasive breast cancer diagnosis, undergoing chemotherapy, other cancer treatments, and a double mastectomy.

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