Sister Study Volunteers
DELORES BURGESS
Delores Burgess
Known as the “little lady with the big voice,” Delores Burgess, an award-winning gospel music recording artist, speaker, and author, also uses her vocal talents to share testimony about her personal victory over breast cancer. Delores is an avid breast cancer advocate and serves as an American Cancer Society Ambassador for the state of Georgia. As a breast cancer survivor, Delores is not eligible to join the Sister Study, but her sister is enrolled. “I’m extremely proud of my sister Pat for participating in such important research,” says Burgess.
Delores became a Sister Study volunteer when she helped reach African American women at MegaFest 2005, one of the largest Christian conferences in the U.S. Since then Delores Burgess Music Ministries, which includes a dynamic team of dedicated women, has helped to spread the word about the Sister Study to thousands of people from all across the country by presenting at hospitals, churches, survivorship organizations, support groups, and community based events, particularly in Georgia where she lives.
When Delores performs, she often takes advantage of the opportunity to talk about her journey with breast cancer, which she feels has proven to be purposeful, and to encourage women to make a difference in breast cancer research. She has taken to heart the Sister Study motto…Woman by woman…Sister by sister…We can make a difference.” Please join us in saluting Delores Burgess for her commitment to help find the causes of breast cancer!