Shining a Light on Sarcoma: July is Sarcoma Awareness Month

Every July, we come together to raise awareness about one of the rarest and most overlooked cancers: sarcoma. At the Move For Jenn Foundation, Sarcoma Awareness Month is deeply personal and profoundly important. This is more than just a month on the calendar—it’s a chance to educate, advocate, and inspire action in honor of those affected by this devastating disease.

What is Sarcoma?

Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that forms in bones and soft tissues, such as fat, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. It accounts for only about 1% of adult cancers but nearly 15% of childhood cancers. Its rarity often leads to late diagnoses and limited treatment options. Because of this, research is critically underfunded and public understanding is minimal—two things we’re determined to change.

Why It Matters to Us

The Move For Jenn Foundation was born from personal experience. Our founder, Jenn Andrews, lost her leg below the knee to sarcoma but refused to let the diagnosis define her. Her journey inspired a mission: to provide activewear prosthetics for other amputees and fund sarcoma-specific research, giving others a chance to live full, active lives despite their diagnosis.

We believe that movement is not only a gift, but a form of healing—and that everyone, no matter their circumstances, deserves the chance to move forward.

What We’re Doing This July

This Sarcoma Awareness Month, we’re focusing our efforts a key initiative:

🎗️ Yellow Ribbon Mailbox Campaign
With a donation of $10 or more, supporters receive a bright yellow bow to tie around their mailbox or front door throughout the month of July. It’s a simple, powerful way to start conversations and spread awareness in your neighborhood! Get yours here.

All donations from the yellow bow campaign will support a sarcoma-specific research trial at Levine Cancer Institute in Charlotte, NC. This initiative is focused on innovative treatments and better outcomes for patients—because early diagnosis and targeted therapies can save lives.

💛 Donate: Just $10 gets you a yellow bow and supports vital research.

💛 Display Your Bow: Share photos online with #MoveForJenn and #SarcomaAwarenessMonth.

Get yours here!

Additional Ways to Support

• Support our friends at Providence Plastic Surgery as they donate $5 for every purchase of a full-size Alastin, ColoreScience, ISDIN, Obagi, EltaMD, Revision, Skinceuticals, Noon, Skinbetter Science, ZO, Revitalash, Latisse product to Move For Jenn. Shop online, in person, or over the phone. Learn more.
  
  
• Sips and Dips will donate 50% of every purchase of a "Move It" during the month of July to Move For Jenn
  • Thank you to MFJ Summer Intern, Olivia Russo for organizing this fundraiser
    
•  Move For Jenn Foundation Girl's Night Out with AR Workshop Waxhaw on Tuesday, July 15 - registration closes 7/14 at 6pm
  • Learn more & register here
  • Thank you to MFJ Summer Intern, Alexa Amodio for organizing this event

• Stop in to Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in Indian Land, SC on Saturday, July 19 from 7-12pm
  • Be sure to mention Move For Jenn and 20% of your purchase will be donated to MFJ
    
    
• Support the Move For Jenn x Go Jen Go 24 Hours of Booty team
  • 24 Hours of Booty will take place in Charlotte, NC on July 25-26
    
    
• Head to High Seas Mini Golf on July 28 or 29, mention Move For Jenn, and 50% of your purchase will be donated back to MFJ
  • Thank you to MFJ Summer Intern, Meghan Hastings for organizing this event

• Share our social media posts with your friends and family to help other learn the signs of sarcoma
  
  
• Whether you walk, run, bike, or dance—do it in honor of those moving through life after sarcoma
  
  
• Make a general donation

Final Thoughts

Sarcoma may be rare, but our determination isn’t. With your support, we’re funding hope, fighting for awareness, and creating a brighter path forward for those impacted by this rare cancer. Join us this July—and let’s move for something bigger than ourselves.

Learn more or donate today at moveforjenn.org
This July, join us on our mission to #MoveBecauseYouCan. 💛