On a rainy day in London during February 2006, Priscilla Bokhara was faced with the upsetting news that her sister Kathleen, a single mother of 2 young daughters, had malignant breast cancer. After recognizing the financial challenges her sister would face during treatment and recovery whilst she was unable to work, Priscilla turned a challenge into an opportunity and founded Bouncing for Breast Cancer (B4B): She pledged to bounce 10,000 times a day on her mini-trampoline for 100 days to raise $10,000. The money would help Kathleen keep a roof over their heads, food in the pantry and lights on in the house so that she could focus her energies on healing and regaining her vitality.

With a defined goal and a heart to see it through, Priscilla and her husband created a website, a blog, and collected donations through public bounces. Priscilla, a Performance Coach, took her campaign on the road during her business travels with trampoline in tow. Launching the “World Tour for Kathleen”, she bounced in front of international landmarks such as the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, The Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Big Ben to raise awareness and promote her cause.

Thanks to support from her husband, family, friends, and the international public, Priscilla reached her goal of 1 million bounces and $10,000 in 100 days. During the process of helping her sister, momentum and interest in the campaign grew larger than Priscilla intended. In a few months, the story reached over 3 million people worldwide and volunteers from all walks of life were inspired to join her mission.

Today, Priscilla and her family celebrate Kathleen’s recovery from breast cancer and they are grateful for all the support. B4B has since become an independent, non-profit organisation and it will continue its international mission to help single mothers in similar circumstances to Kathleen.

When Priscilla was asked the question, “What wouldn’t happen if Bouncing for Breast Cancer didn’t exist”, Priscilla responded, “Single mums with breast cancer would have fewer resources to avoid the experience of intense fear, loneliness, financial loss, and other circumstances that are detrimental to their health and recovery. This kind of suffering would render it very difficult to overcome the disease.”

With Priscilla and her husband, Christoph spearheading the team, A powerful team has been created, spanning the globe to include London, Australia and the United States. The wheels are in motion as the organisational structure, processes and operations are underway.

Perhaps most important to single mums in need is knowing there are people who understand and care about their journeys and are willing to go the distance so that they feel they are not alone and they can continue to care for themselves and their families, no matter at what stage they are in their illness.

We celebrate our Steering Committee, Advisors and Sponsors

• Margaret Irving, Reboundologist and Entrepreneur. Based in the US, Margaret is dedicated to our cause. Her mission in life is to help people raise their energy so that they can realise their dreams. With her help, B4B is realising our dreams to help more single moms and educate the public on the tremendous benefits of rebounding.

• Susan Jones, Non profit consultant and loving mother. What a blessing it was when I met Susan at a conference in the Gold Coast – and perfect timing! Susan’s involvement was key for us to take this personal campaign to the next level. Her passion for helping non profits become a viable business venture is so greatly appreciated.

• Geeta Tailor, Health and Personal Development Coach. Geeta is our Team Lead in the UK and is also instrumental in providing us the nutritional information to help boost one’s vitality. An area of interest is improving the wellbeing of those affected by cancer.

• Mark Craig, Registered pharmacist specializing in Critical Care and Complementary Therapist. Mark bridges the teachings of traditional medicine and complimentary therapy. His role is key in working with the medical industry to provide even greater support to the single mothers undergoing breast cancer treatment and recovery.

• Richard Craig, B4B Mentor. Richard has a heart for serving others and has trained with the foremost leaders in the field of NLP and Hypnotherapy. Whether he is helping us with our Fundraising or acting as one of our Mentors, he adopts a holistic approach and gently guides individuals into an empowering meaning of their situation.

Celebrating our Sponsors

Energise for Life – Leading UK online well-being company

We are proud to announce that Energise for Life has teamed up with Bouncing for Breast Cancer in a shared goal of improving the quality of life and wellbeing for individuals throughout the world. Callum, Gilles, John, Ross and the rest of their team are truly making a difference and very generously donate £5 of each rebounder sold to our worthy cause. Already there is great interest in our rebounders as individuals not only feel great about boosting their vitality through this EASY and FUN form of exercise, they also FEEL GREAT knowing their investment is going to a good cause. www.energiseforlife.com

Public Zone

We’d like to thank Amanda Prosser and Jonathon Simmons of Public Zone UK for their support of our cause from the very beginning. Their talents came up with the great idea of creating videos for YouTube, with the help of a talented team of TV producers and members of the public.

Flame New Media - Website Hosting

Ian and Caroline are a talented duo who share their passion for contribution and web design. They were awesome to help us design the website for the initial campaign and continue to be our generous web hosts. www.flamenewmedia.com