Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund

Imagine having a cancer diagnosis in addition to the current reality of inflated costs. Cancer is expensive! Reduced or no income plus increased expenses of daily travel to treatment, copays, prescriptions and other special needs creates serious financial problems on top of today’s inflation! Bob Perks Fund offers a lifeline to many!

Inflation hits ALICE* harder.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures price changes across a broad range of goods and services — including luxury items ALICE families simply aren’t buying.

The ALICE Essentials Index focuses only on the basics families need daily, including housing, food, child care, and more.

Across the country, the cost of those essentials rose even faster than overall inflation from 2007-2024:
📈 CPI increased by 52%
📈 ALICE Essentials Index increased by 70%

Click the link in the comments and gain more eye-opening insights through our new data for the U.S. and states nationwide.

*ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, and represents households with income above the poverty level but less than the cost of basics.

Help us celebrate 20 years of Bob Perks Fund and receive a chance to WIN your own, brand-new Charbroil Performance Series 4-Burner Liquid Propane Gas Grill! For every donation of $250 or more, you receive a chance to win. Thank you to Lowe's Home Improvement of Altoona for donating the grill!

To donate and enter the giveaway, please visit givebutter.com/BPF20YEARS or mail a check to:

Bob Perks Fund
PO Box 313
State College, PA 16804