As we begin National Volunteer Month, we’re reminded that support does not always arrive in big ways or from expected places. Sometimes, it comes from the smallest hands with the biggest hearts.
Recently, we learned about Isaiah, the nephew of our community member Katie. After hearing about Katie’s ovarian cancer journey and the impact of infusion shirts, Isaiah decided to do something about it. He made beaded keychains to raise money — not because anyone asked him to, and not because he wanted anything for himself, but because he wanted to help women during their hardest times.
You do not have to be an adult, a survivor, or fully understand the weight of cancer to make a difference. You just have to care enough to act.
That kind of compassion stops you in your tracks.
A child choosing compassion when he could have chosen anything else.
At Teal Diva, we often talk about support, sisterhood, and showing up for one another. Isaiah’s story is a beautiful reminder that support is more than a feeling — it is action. It is seeing a need and deciding to step in, no matter your age or ability.
That same spirit is at the heart of the Teal Diva 5K.
Volunteering and fundraising are two powerful ways our community turns compassion into impact. Every volunteer helps create an experience where survivors feel seen, loved, and supported. Every fundraiser helps provide meaningful resources, including programs and items like infusion shirts that bring comfort during treatment.
Support comes in all shapes and sizes. It may look like serving on race day, starting a fundraiser, joining a team, sharing the mission with friends, or making something by hand to help someone else. What matters most is the willingness to show up.
This National Volunteer Month, let Isaiah’s example be an invitation.
Ready to turn compassion into action?
Register for the Teal Diva 5K.
Volunteer.
Start a fundraiser.
Because when compassion becomes action — whether through a child with a handful of beads or a community coming together for a 5K — it becomes something powerful.
And to someone walking through one of the hardest seasons of her life, that kind of support means everything.
