Nicole’s Story

Before Swig was on the map, Nicole Tanner, our energetic founder, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer called cystosarcoma phyllodes. This is a fast-growing cancer that doesn’t respond to chemotherapy or radiation and surgery is the only option for removing this type of cancer.

After surgery, the cancer was successfully removed. Nicole and her husband had to then worry about how to pay for it all. They had no insurance, limited finances, and hospital bills over $10,000. It was then that they learned of a program through the hospital where donors pay the bills of qualified cancer patients. Nicole was fortunate enough to qualify.

A year later Nicole founded Swig. And now, during the month of October, we are launching our “Save The Cups” campaign to pay it forward by raising $50,000. This money will go directly to women fighting breast cancer to pay for life saving procedures.