Hope For Friends, Inc. is an Arizona nonprofit corporation which was founded in 2010 by Tracy Rish Spain, a local entrepreneur and community activist.  A dear friend of Tracy was diagnosed with breast cancer in mid-2010.  Tracy’s friend is a single mother with no family other than her young son.  She is a private, strong woman with an inconsistent income and was reluctant to ask for help because she did not want to impose on her friends.  Asking for money to pay for living expenses was out of the question for her.  Tracy understood that help was urgently needed and was concerned that her friend was going to fall into a desperate situation and had no built in support network.  Tracy realized that there are many breast cancer patients who need financial assistance and a support network during their treatment and recovery.  She learned that many of her friends and business associates were willing to help, too.

Tracy became a voice for her friend, asking for help for this courageous woman.  Friends, business associates, and those who don’t even know Tracy or her friend came on board quickly to lend a hand with money and time.  Hope For Friends intends to help many Friends in the Valley who are being treated for breast cancer and during their recovery period who urgently need the kind of help that is not available from health insurance policies and government program

You can help too!

If you would be interested in helping out in anyway please feel free to contact Tracy at tracy@hopeforfriends.org.

We are also interviewing potential new members of the Hope For Friends, Inc. board of directors.  We are looking for community leaders with influence and access to resources to grow this nonprofit and fulfill its mission.

Please spread the word!  Send your friends to our website, donation page, and suggest that they become a fan on Facebook.

Founder’s Bio

Tracy Rish Spain

Tracy is a certified public accountant with more than 22 years of experience in accounting and business. Owning her first business at age 24, Tracy is aware of the efforts and resources required for business owners to start, maintain and grow a successful venture. Tracy received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Arizona State University.  She is a member of the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants and was on the initial board of directors and past Treasurer of the Phoenix Chapter of the Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce.

In 1997, Tracy became a founding organizer of the Phoenix PSI Seminars Christmas Giving Day, bringing Christmas to families that would otherwise go without. In the following years the event flourished with to provide day of fun, games food and new bikes for everyone at T.G Barr Grade school.  She is a supporter of breast cancer awareness and early detection, participating annually in the Susan G Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure (60 miles)– by both raising money and walking.  Tracy and her husband, Matt live in Gilbert, Arizona with her son, Justin, yellow labs, Jake and Rocky, and rescue cat, Cali.