Our Journey of Dignity
Keep Your Crown is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit dedicated to helping women navigate the emotional and physical challenges of a breast cancer diagnosis while preserving dignity, confidence, and a sense of self.
Our mission is to provide support and comfort through scalp cooling assistance, hair-care supplies, and thoughtfully curated care packages for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. We believe that while cancer may change many things, it should not take away a woman's identity, confidence, or hope.
Through community support and fundraising efforts, we help provide access to scalp cooling-related supplies and products designed to support scalp and hair health during treatment. We also curate care packages filled with practical essentials, comfort items, educational resources, and encouragement to remind women that they are not facing this journey alone.
Keep Your Crown's focus is on the moments that often go overlooked--the fear after the diagnosis, the uncertainty before treatment begins, the need for compassion during some of life's most difficult days, and holding onto the parts of life that make you feel like yourself.
Our goal is simple: to ensure every woman feels supported, empowered, and cared for from the very beginning of her breast cancer journey.
Keeping your crown is about more than hair--it's about preserving confidence, strength, and hope.
Our Why...
Keep Your Crown was created from our own experience navigating cancer treatment as the patient, the family, and the friend, and recognizing that something was missing within our community. While medical care continues to advance and more people are presevering their hair and quality of life during treatment, access to the products, resources, and support that make those advances possible isn't always easy to find, and may feel overwhelming.
We also saw an incredible community eager to help, but without a clear way to turn that generosity into meaningful support. Our foundation fills that niche by connecting compassionate donors with individuals beginning treatment through hair preservation support, thoughtfully curated care packages, and practical resources.
Our aim is to help ease just a small part of the burden so no one has to begin their cancer journey feeling alone or unprepared. By providing support we wish had been available to us, we hope to make the path forward a little easier for those who come after us.
Distribution of hair-care packages designed for individuals undergoing scalp cooling treatment. These kits may include gentle shampoos, conditioners, scalp moisturizers, head coverings, educational materials, and other products intended to support hair and scalp health.
Hair Care and Preservation Kits
Newly Diagnosed Care Packages
Distribution of care packages to individuals newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Packages may include comfort items, treatment support resources, journals, blankets, hydration supplies, educational materials, and encouragement gifts intended to improve quality of life during treatment.
Our Compassionate Team
Abby Mildner-Peach
Founder | Previvor
Wendy Mildner
Survivor | Co-Founder
Shannon Suhr
Treasurer
Tess de las Alas Hrezo
Survivor | Board Member
Survivor | Board Member
Rebecca Allan
Emily Kroboth
Survivor | Board Member