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Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

A vintage-inspired pin-up calendar featuring young-adult cancer survivors made possible by YOU!

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Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

Love, Twelve 2016 Calendar

A vintage-inspired pin-up calendar featuring young-adult cancer survivors made possible by YOU!

A vintage-inspired pin-up calendar featuring young-adult cancer survivors made possible by YOU!

A vintage-inspired pin-up calendar featuring young-adult cancer survivors made possible by YOU!

A vintage-inspired pin-up calendar featuring young-adult cancer survivors made possible by YOU!

Tracy Birdsell
Tracy Birdsell
Tracy Birdsell
Tracy Birdsell
1 Campaign |
Los Angeles, United States
$2,595 USD 48 backers
17% of $15,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

What is Love, Twelve?

Love, Twelve strives to change the face of cancer one Bombshell at a time.

While every woman’s cancer journey is different, in one critical respect, it is the same: cancer strips away a woman’s comfort and familiarity with her own body, making her feel less. At Love, Twelve, we know every woman is more. So, each year we invite twelve women from diverse backgrounds and circumstances to share their stories, pose in our annual vintage-inspired pin-up style calendar, and become Love, Twelve Bombshells. 

Each Bombshell is able to create her own photographic fantasy, expressing a side of herself that she has otherwise been either afraid to or unable to share before. The experience helps her recover her sense of self-awareness, reclaim a positive self-image, and embrace herself as the beautiful woman she is. 

At the same time, by sharing her story, each Bombshell sends a message of hope and healing to others affected by cancer. A glance at the calendar before a woman goes to her next round of chemo or radiation could be just the boost of inspiration and support she may need that day. Knowing there are twelve women on her wall who have been through what she's going through, who have felt how she is feeling...and reminding her she is beautiful even if she doesn't feel like it today.

Love, Twelve exists and thrives only through the generosity of our supporters. Please scroll down to learn about some of the 2016 Bombshells whose lives you will be changing for the better, and to view the bevy of buzz-worthy perks available for all budgets, when you Pin Up your kind financial support.

The funds raised help Love, Twelve to:

  • create and produce the calendar, podcasts, and documentaries through which the Love, Twelve Bombshells positively impact and inspire those diagnosed (or those caring for someone diagnosed) with cancer.

  • provide financial support to our non-profit partners through the sale of the calendar. For the past two years, our non-profit partner was Jill’s Wish  which helps families minimize their financial struggle while a loved one is undergoing treatment.

  • provide reduced-rate visual, multi-media story-telling for other non-profits and deserving businesses. Over the course of the last several years, Love, Twelve has supported Jill’s Wish, AnaOno Intimates, and Imerman Angels Los Angeles, among others.

Meet the 2016 Bombshells

CANDICE - In March 2015, at age 34, this veteran dancer of 26 years, kick-boxer, and healthy-lifestyle advocate (csmithfitness on youtube), learned first hand that “cancer does not discriminate” and “no one is immune to it.” Candice’s zest for life and motivation have already seen her through a double mastectomy and will help her finish her treatment in July 2015. Candice started thinking about helping others immediately. Tapping into her quirky, fun-loving, passionate personality, Candice is educating women about the importance of early detection. Candice wants women to know that they can and should “feel good about their bodies no matter what they have been through.”

CASSIE - This 19-year old was first diagnosed at age 4 with a Stage 4 Wilms Tumor (a type of cancer that starts in the kidneys). A kidney removal and eight months of radiation and chemotherapy left her small, young body bowed and bent, though her spirit remained unbroken. Fifteen years later, this self-confessed lover of jellyfish is in college, studying to be a doctor. When Cassie’s not reading her chemistry books, you might find her in a small cafe with pink carnations on the neck strap of her baritone saxophone, working to inflate lungs that have only 70% capacity. Cassie knows all too well “how cancer affects you for the rest of your life” and wants others to know that “scars and an awkward body” do not define you. She is involved with the Relay-For-Life at her campus and is hoping to be able to help other young cancer survivors “accept and love themselves as they are.”

INDIGO -This Bombshell was pursuing a career in medicine when, she was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer. Her cancer treatment has included surgery, radiation, daily hormone replacement and fertility preservation via egg harvesting. Cancer changed Indigo's career path but it did not alter Indigo's drive, determination, or ability to dream. Now four years after diagnosis, Indigo describes herself as a pink hair wigged artist-entrepreneur by night, and as a lab-coated scientist by day. She is working to spread her message of “sexy-survivorship". Indigo is using her knowledge and her voice to help survivors, especially adolescent and young adults, to understand that they “have lost nothing” to cancer because each survivor's identity, their sexiness, and empowerment, “is all still right there…we just need to reach out and grab it. I am working to show, mentor and celebrate 'sexy-survivorship'."

JENNIFER - Think fit. Think fight. Think Jennifer. This spirited mother of two was in the best shape of her life when she was diagnosed, at age 35, with stage 2B invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer. Through her double mastectomy, eight chemotherapy cycles, 30 rounds of radiation, and Herceptin treatments until October 2015, this fitness competitor and hair stylist was determined to remain active. She exercised, she ate healthy, and never let anyone tell her she could not do it. Now 36, Jennifer plans to put her hairstyling talents to work helping women transition through the hair loss that accompanies treatment. Jennifer’s message is simple: “Take care of yourself. Be strong, fight and try to live as normal a life as possible.”

JULIET - When Juliet discovered she had Stage 3 breast cancer in 2008, most of her family was still thousands of miles away in West Africa.  With two small children under the age of 4 at the time and her husband, the then-34-year old Juliet was determined not simply to survive but to thrive.  Following a mastectomy and many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, Juliet decided to help make surviving breast cancer a real possibility in Africa.  Through her Courage To Dare foundation (www.couragetodare.org), Juliet is helping to eliminate the barriers to treatment by providing accurate and up-to-date information on cancer prevention, diagnoses, treatment and management.  She makes a personal journey to Nigeria and other parts of Africa each year.  “As a survivor, I dare to see a different future for my continent… AFRICA and women world over.”  In 2014, Juliet embarked on new, bold effort — to represent the plight of African women and other women of diverse races, cultures, religions and worldviews living in today’s world who have battled Breast Cancer but have no voice.  This Love, Twelve Bombshell is changing lives and restoring hope from Texas to Africa.

KAI - Diagnosed 6 short months after being graduated from college with a primitive neuroectodermal tumor (a rare childhood cancer), this then 23-year-old dancer decided to help other young cancer survivors first. Before starting chemotherapy, Kai donated her flowing raven locks to provide hairpieces to others. Kai then underwent 12 months of inpatient chemotherapy infusions and electron-beam radiation. One year, part of two ribs, and a mesh insert later, Kai was cancer-free and determined to help others in their fight. She’s spent much of her time since then raising funds for cancer research and to provide support for patients and caregivers. She is looking forward to celebrating her ten-year anniversary, and becoming a Love, Twelve Bombshell, “to show others that you do have the strength and attitude to go from one of the most difficult, least physically confident points in your life to one of the most strikingly gorgeous and empowering points in your life!”

MEAGHAN - This fun-loving ocean conservation policy wonk chose to swim, onward and upward, through the murky depths of Stage 2b, triple-positive, invasive ductal breast cancer.  Diagnosed at age 32, Meaghan had 15 months of chemotherapy, a single mastectomy, then 5 weeks of daily radiation as well as daily hormone therapy and ovarian suppression shots which will go on for years.  Now 35, and despite decreased range of motion, Meaghan continues to swim, rising with the tide.  She is President of the Bay Area Young Survivors, a local San Francisco, California support group with over 300 members, where she facilitates conversations about diagnosis, treatment, self-care and survivorship and organizes events on mitigating side-effects through complementary care options.  She is also a staunch advocate, challenging the government to mandate removing toxins from our household products and to stop carcinogens from being used in hydro-fracking energy extraction.  Meaghan strives to be a “source of hope and light for all women” who come after her.

How you can get involved

Please direct your attention to the giant wall of rewards to the right with dollar amounts attached. The rewards are great, but more than that, every dollar you spend goes to creating a once in a lifetime experience for 12 inspiring cancer thrivers and creating the 2016 Love, Twelve calendar.

Want examples? $5? You just bought a case of water for one of the shooting days to quench the thirst of our crew, glam squad and bombshell. $25? You just bought the 5 yards of fabric we need for Juliet’s shoot. $100? You just bought the crystal beads we need for Cassie’s dress (to match her shoes, of course!)  $1000? You just sponsored a bombshell's shoot. 

If you can’t support us with dollars then your enthusiasm and support is equally valuable - tweet, Facebook, tumblr, Instagram, Linkedin, or email about this project as much as you can. Don’t be afraid to use morse code, send a raven or show off your mad skill at smoke signals. Talk about it with friends and associates at work, use this campaign as an excuse to ask a friend to lunch to catch up and tell them about it, or as a reason to finally go flirt with that cute guy or gal at the dog park. Call your mother (and then tell her about us!). Spreading the word about the campaign is just as important! We’re so thankful for any support you can offer during our campaign.

Good Gracious. Why so much?

The numbers may seem like a lot to produce a calendar, but to create such a special experience for the bombshells, the production costs are high and the post production work is demanding. 

Every shoot, down to the last detail, is unique and custom to each bombshell’s story and no two shoots are the same. Every bombshell spends two full days in the studio, and we depend on the kindness of a small army of professionals, at the top of their field and passionate about this project, to provide their skills and expertise at a drastically reduced rate...and many donate their time. 

We provide a small gas and materials stipend to all those who work on the project. There's shipping costs and sales tax. We need to purchase props, sets, costumes, shoes, hosiery, wigs, and accessories. We extend a small stipend to our graphic designer, our web developer and our video editor, who all dedicate between 2 and 6 months of their time to help make Love, Twelve possible. We need to purchase food to feed the crew and our bombshells for 24 days in the studio. 

At the end of the day, we need a minimum of $1k to photograph each bombshell, and $4k is needed to print the calendar. 


Thank you!!

Your support is the inspiration behind the calendar we want to create. From the day I heard the words, “You have cancer,” I have found an incredibly beautiful, brave, supportive and loving community of survivors and supporters, and this is our love letter to those who are newly diagnosed. Thank you for showing us there is a beautiful life after a cancer diagnosis and thank you for helping us amplify that message to those who perhaps don’t feel so beautiful right now...but soon will again!

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GIVE both the digital and the hard copy versions of the Love, Twelve calendar to a newly diagnosed woman.
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$20 USD
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$25 USD
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$45 USD
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Receive an autographed museum-quality 12x12 print of your bombshell of choice, and your name printed in the thank-you page of the calendar
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$750 USD
Receive a copy of the calendar autographed by all the bombshells. Includes a personalized handwritten thank you message, and your name printed in the thank- you page of the calendar
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