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Komen Siouxland Grants
Siouxland Affiliate
of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Funds Community Outreach Programs
SIOUX CITY, Ia. (January 3, 2006) – The Siouxland Affiliate of the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, one of over 100 Affiliates
nationwide dedicated to putting an end to breast cancer, recently announced
community grants totaling over $45,000 to support area breast health
education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs.
The Komen Siouxland
Affiliate’s local fundraising efforts, such as Pedals and Pancakes and
Tickled Pink™, have enabled it to fund projects such as SOS: Serving Our
Sisters through the June E. Nylen Cancer Center which offers free screening
mammograms for underserved/uninsured women ages 40 – 49 and the Hereditary
Cancer Prevention Program through Siouxland District Health Department, a
project that seeks to develop a local public health practice model that
increases access to hereditary cancer screening. Other programs funded by
the Komen Siouxland Affiliate include: the Patient Assistance Fund through
the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, which provides an opportunity for
financially disadvantaged JENCC patients to receive vital support services
and to the Orange City Health System for funding for the purchase of a
breast model to be used in education sessions. Funds will also be awarded to
the Siouxland District Health Department to help offer free screening
mammograms for underserved/uninsured women over the age of 50.
“In order to ensure our funds
are making the greatest impact, the Komen Siouxland Affiliate works with
local medical experts and community leaders to conduct comprehensive
community needs assessments,” said Lesa McDermott, Komen Siouxland Affiliate
President. “We have identified specific, unmet breast health needs within
our community and ‘filled in the gaps,’ delivering the life-saving message
of early detection and providing assistance to medically-underserved breast
cancer patients and their families.”
Last year, Komen Affiliates
collectively granted more than $40 million to support non-duplicative breast
health and breast cancer outreach projects in their communities. Up to 75
percent of funds raised by a Komen Affiliate remains in the community to
fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment
programs. Remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award and Research Grant Program, which
funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and
educational and scientific programs around the world.
The Komen Foundation was
established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister,
Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Thanks to more
than 75,000 volunteers dedicated to the fight against breast cancer, the
Komen Foundation, with its Affiliate Network is the world’s largest private
funder of community-based breast health education and breast cancer
screening and treatment programs. Together with its Affiliate Network,
corporate partners and generous donors, the Komen Foundation has raised $750
million for the fight against breast cancer.
For more information about
breast health or breast cancer, visit the Komen Foundation’s Web site,
www.komen.org, the local Web site at
www.komensiouxland.com or call the National Toll-Free Breast Care
Helpline, 1.800 I’M AWARE® (1-800-462-9273).
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