The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (BJALCF) was founded with one diagnosis, long before its official start date, when Bonnie’s life was redefined. Bonnie’s prognosis was grim when she was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in 2004. But following a 17-hour surgery, a battery of nurses and physicians, an army of radiation and chemotherapy treatments, blood clots, procedures and tubes that invaded her formerly predictable life, Bonnie became a Lung Cancer survivor.  She realized that she was in a unique position to be the voice that could be heard throughout the world for the other 1.5 million people personally affected by the #1 cancer killer – Lung Cancer. She began to think of ways to help others facing the crisis of this highly stigmatized disease.