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Join our monthly giving program to provide reliable, ongoing support for those facing cancer. Regular contributions—no matter the size—help us sustain vital services and plan for long‑term impact.

Peer Navigation
& System Advocacy

Connect survivors and families with trained peer mentors who have walked the same path. Help them understand medical jargon, communicate with care teams, access community resources, and advocate for their rights within the healthcare system.

Medical Support
Care & Practical Care
Services

Provide meals, housekeeping, transportation to appointments, and respite care for caregivers, easing the daily burdens of cancer.

Emotional &
Wellness Support

Fund counseling, support groups, art therapy, and integrative care programs that nurture mind and spirit.

When you stand with us, you’re not just making a donation—you’re helping build a community of care. Whether you give your time, your voice, or your resources, every action brings hope and relief to those facing cancer.

How You Can Help

Volunteer Your Time

Volunteering with us offers more than just the chance to give back—it’s an opportunity to grow. Our volunteers develop leadership, communication, and project management skills while making a direct impact. From driving patients to appointments to supporting our office team, there’s a role for every talent.

Raise Awareness

Help us shine a light on the needs of cancer patients and their families. By sharing our mission with your community, workplace, or social network, you ensure that no one faces this journey alone. Awareness leads to action, and action leads to lasting change.

What Your Support Provides

We focus on three pillars of care to support patients and families from diagnosis through survivorship:

Community Building – Connect survivors and families with trained peer mentors who have walked the same path. Help them understand medical jargon, communicate with care teams, etc.

Emotional & Wellness Support – Fund counseling, support groups, art therapy, and integrative wellness programs that nurture mental and emotional strength.

Practical Care Services – Provide meals, housekeeping, transportation to appointments, and respite care for caregivers, easing the daily burdens that cancer brings.

Make a Donation
Your generosity fuels programs that address the real‑world challenges of cancer. Every dollar stays local and supports services that make an immediate difference.
Help fund direct assistance grants for patients undergoing active treatment.
Provide educational scholarships for children who have lost a parent to cancer, ensuring their future remains bright.
Partner with companies to develop powerful corporate social responsibility programs that engage employees in meaningful, life‑changing work.

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Dianne Jennings

Founder

Dianne and Friends Inc. was founded in 2020 by Dianne Jennings—also
known as Kat Perkins—as a conduit for community care and collective
support. Her mission deepened in 2023 when she was diagnosed with
breast cancer, a moment that revealed the profound emotional and
physical challenges women face with this disease. At the very same time,
her husband was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, and together
they walked a path that reshaped their understanding of strength. As
Dianne often says, “We are not survivors — we are conquerors.”

Long before her own diagnosis, Dianne had been advocating for young
adults with developmental disabilities, inspired by her son Matthew, who
was born with Down syndrome. Navigating systems to ensure his life was
honorable, healthy, and wholesome shaped her commitment to inclusion,
dignity, and community support.

Cancer brought a new layer of purpose. The extraordinary care she
received, combined with witnessing the trauma and resilience of other
women and men in treatment, made it clear that she was called to uplift

them and walk with them — different stories, yet the same shoes. Her
mission was further shaped by the cancer diagnoses of her husband, three
brothers, her mother, and her father, all of whom battled various forms of
the disease. Silence was no longer an option.

In Georgia alone, more than 365,000 women are battling breast cancer.
Nationally, prostate cancer remains one of the most commonly diagnosed
cancers among men, and over 55,000 men are diagnosed with colon
cancer each year. These numbers continue to rise, with projections
showing a 10–20% annual increase if current trends persist.

In response, Dianne launched the Warm Feet, Warm Hearts Initiative in
October 2025, offering the gift of resilience through compression socks
that honor strength and courage, along with words of inspiration from her
book Girls with Pearls Have Power: Cultivating Hope, Fueling
Perseverance, Celebrating Resilience. As she often says, “Every sock tells
a story, every pearl covered in prayer has power, and every woman and
man deserves to feel a love that whispers, one breath at a time, you are
not alone.”

Dianne is now on a mission to raise $1.8 million by the end of 2027 to
expand comfort initiatives, increase access to support, and ensure that no
family facing cancer or disability walks alone. Her life’s work is rooted in
dignity, compassion, and the unwavering belief that community can
transform the journey.

Giving to Dianne and Friends felt like wrapping my arms around my own community. Knowing that my donation provides compression socks and resources to women right here in Atlanta makes me feel connected to something bigger than myself.

Marcus Johnson

Atlanta (Buckhead)

I started volunteering because I wanted to give back, but I’ve received so much more in return. Handing a pair of socks to a woman in treatment and seeing her face light up—that moment stays with you. This organization truly cares.

Elena Martínez

Atlanta (East Atlanta Village)

When my mom was going through chemo, she felt cold all the time and so isolated. The Warm Feet, Warm Heart initiative gave her comfort, but even more than that, it reminded her that people were thinking of her. Dianne and Friends supported our whole family.

James Okafor

Atlanta (Southwest)

Caring for my sister during her cancer journey was overwhelming. The resources and community from Dianne and Friends gave us both strength—her with comfort items, me with people who understood. We are forever grateful.

Linda Park

Atlanta (Doraville)

I discovered Girls with Pearls Have Power at a time when I was struggling to find my voice after treatment. Reading those poems helped me feel seen. Now I’m part of the Resilient Pearl Society, and I know I’m not alone.

Keisha Williams

Atlanta (Decatur)

Small acts of kindness that remind you brighter days are ahead.

Hope Restored

A community that walks beside you from diagnosis through survivorship.

Stronger Together

Counseling, art therapy, and programs that nurture mind and spirit.

Healing Beyond Medicine

Comfort and respect for every woman navigating treatment.

Dignity in Every Step

Turning pain into purpose and survival into strength.

Resilience Rising

Families, survivors, and caregivers lifting each other up.

You Are Not Alone

Charity is the voluntary act of giving help—whether through a donation of money, your time, or resources—to those in need.

At Dianne and Friends, Inc., we focus on a deeply personal mission: supporting women navigating cancer and the families who walk beside them. By addressing the physical, emotional, and financial challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis, we bring comfort, dignity, and hope to those who need it most.

Your donation helps us provide compression socks through Warm Feet, Warm Heart,
share healing stories through Girls with Pearls Have Power,
and sustain the Resilient Pearl Society—a community where survivors and families find strength together.

When you give, you’re not just supporting a cause. You’re wrapping a family in warmth and letting them know they are not alone.

Dianne and friends INC stand as a pathway of hope, for men and women fighting cancer, and I study life for young adults with developmental delays.

We elevate and uphold dignity, joy, and a sense of normalcy through love, presence, and community. Together, we owe one man, one sound, moving in the harmony of love, lifting every heart, we touch, and reminding each person that they are never alone on their journey because we are walking with them.

We envision a world where healing, harmony, and humanity rise together, where our government, the medical community, families, and friends unite as one band, one sound.

A world where young adults with developmental delays thrive in joy, dignity, and belonging, embraced by a community that walks in love.

Rooted and grounded in harmony, healing, and humanity, we walk together in the fullness of love.

We honor our lives with presence, friendship, and hope. We create a space within us, and among us where people are valued and supported, and where dignity is elevated and joy is celebrated.