Ashley's Story

Upcoming Events

"Driving for Surviving" Melanoma Golf Tournament The Foundation will not be holding a golf tournament and silent auction in 2011, but we still welcome your donations to help us "touch a life." Please click on the "Make a Donation" link for instructions. Thank you for your continued support. Please note that the Foundation is now located in Reston, VA.

Ashley Anne Fister Cole, a wife, daughter, sister and friend departed Earth for Heaven at the much too young age of twenty-eight due to the challenges of melanoma. She was diagnosed in July 1999 and, after taking a year of self-injections of Interferon (Intron-A), she was shown to have no signs of cancer in January 2001. While living her dream of teaching in a Kindergarten class at Wakefield Forest Elementary School, she was diagnosed with a recurrence in February 2002. She valiantly battled through three different chemotherapy regimens, all the while raising money for and participating in the Avon Breast Cancer 3-day walk, organizing a team from her school and completing the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 5K, walking in the Relay for Life event for the American Cancer Society, and visiting her Kindergarten class as often as she could.