Maria Antonia Toña Sanchez receives national honor for cancer outreach to Hispanic women - Hood River, Oregon

“A national honor goes to a Hood River messenger of hope.

Maria Antonia Toña Sánchez of Hood River is one of 25 Yoplait Champions ”” ordinary women and men doing extraordinary things in their local communities to help in the fight against breast cancer.

Sanchez works with Hispanic women who have breast cancer in the Mesanjeras de Esperanza Messengers of Hope program through Nuestra Communidad Sana, which is part of The Next Door, Inc. social services agency.”

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