Attend a PAF Awareness Event

As a nonprofit organization, Patient Advocate Foundation relies on the support of our audience to bring awareness of our services to populations that need it as well as to raise money to continue to support our programs.

Fundraising Events

Each year, Patient Advocate Foundation hosts a themed gala and fundraising event called A Promise of Hope Affair in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. The formal evening is filled with a seated dinner, silent and live auction and dancing. Funds raised during this event provide financial support to PAF's direct patient services and the Scholarship for Survivors academic awards. For more specific event details or to register, visit www.promiseofhope.net.

In addition, throughout the year, PAF's development and events team coordinates numerous community-driven and national fundraising initiatives and events that benefit PAF patients. Events may include group or individuals raising money as part of 5K or 1/2 marathon distance runs, employer and employee contests and fundraisers that donate profits to PAF, college fraternity and sorority fundraising events, as well as many others. If you are interested in hosting or participating in a fundraising event benefiting PAF, please visit our volunteer page for details and contact info for our event staff.

Empowering Events

Patient Insight Congress is an interactive conference dedicated to advancing healthcare initiatives that are informed by the whole patient experience. Formerly called “Patient Congress”, starting in 2022, Patient Insight Congress will be an initiative of the Patient Insight Institute. This convening is open to all patient advocates including patients, caregivers, practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and representatives from healthcare and patient advocacy organizations. For more information, visit Patient Insight Institute.

Partnering Events

Breakaway from Cancer® is a national initiative to increase awareness of the important resources available to people affected by cancer from prevention to education and support to financial assistance and survivorship. Founded in 2005 by Amgen, Breakaway from Cancer is a national initiative to increase awareness of important resources available to people affected by cancer -- from prevention through survivorship.

Breakaway from Cancer represents a partnership between Amgen and four nonprofit organizations dedicated to empowering patients with education, resources and hope, wherever they may be in the cancer care continuum. The Breakaway from Cancer partners collectively offer people affected by cancer a broad range of support services complementing those provided by a patient's team of healthcare professionals:

Patient Advocate Foundation participates in Breakaway from Cancer awareness events throughout the year, including an organizational presence at the annual Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling in America held in California each May. 

"During the most stressful health issue I've ever dealt with, the PAF gave me hope. Being able to have someone who could take the complicated insurance issues out of the equation was immensely helpful. I was so worn out from my illness and the surgery denial that the thought of having to understand the ins and outs of my insurance plan well enough to fight them was more than I could bear... having the PAF on my side made all the difference!"
"Helpful, pleasant, informative and considerate... I felt hopeless, abandoned and your foundation gave me the willpower to continue."
“I was diagnosed with stage 4 cancerous tumors in my brain and my lung, all terminal. For several months, until my coverage kicked in, I had no insurance. The bills skyrocketed and with chemo and radiation treatment I could barely think straight. My PAF case manager was an angel who walked me patiently through the time-consuming application process, never wavering in her efforts. I can’t find enough words to thank her.”