Susan G. Komen for the Cure Awards San Diego Organizations More Than $768,000 to Fight Breast Cancer
SAN DIEGO, April 4 /PRNewswire/ — The San Diego Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure today announced that it provided more than $768,000 to 20 breast health organizations in San Diego County to support outreach, education, treatment and services for uninsured or underinsured breast cancer patients and their families. The monies were raised by participants and sponsors of the 2006 San Diego Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in addition to many other fundraising events and individual contributions.
“There are more than 600,000 people without healthcare in San Diego County. Countless others are underinsured, and we want to make sure there are programs and services to provide breast health in our community,” said Tracy Richey, executive director of Komen for the Cure, San Diego. “This year, we were able to grant $100,000 more than last year — a record $768,000.”
Since its establishment in 1995, the San Diego Affiliate of Komen for the Cure has given almost $5 million to local organizations that have made valuable contributions to breast cancer diagnostics, treatment, education, screening and patient support.
The 2007 grants are going to local organizations providing for specific areas of help that were identified in an extensive community assessment taken by Komen for the Cure, San Diego. The assessment, taken every two years, provides direction for the non-profit organization’s work — establishing the need for fundraising, education programs, priorities for funding grants and as a guide to decision making.
“As the numbers of uninsured and underserved continue to increase in San Diego and nationwide, Komen for the Cure, San Diego will continue to expand its network of community outreach to help provide comprehensive, quality breast health to as many of those individuals as possible,” said Richey.
Komen for the Cure, San Diego funded grants to the following organizations in 2007:
Asian Pacific Health Center Breast Cancer Survivors Brighter Side, Virginia Ann Scheunemann Memorial Fund San Diego County Cancer Navigator Council of Community Clinics Family Health Centers of San Diego Palomar Pomerado Health Partners for Community Access San Ysidro Health Center Scripps Cancer Center Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Sharp Metropolitan Medical Breast Cancer Center Sharp Grossmont Hospital Sharp Rehabilitation Services Moores UCSD Cancer Center Vista Community Clinic About Komen for the Cure Grants
Every major advance in the fight against breast cancer has been touched in some way by a Komen Grant.
Nationally, since 1982, Komen for the Cure has provided funding for basic, clinical and translational breast cancer research and for innovative projects in the areas of breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment. Komen for the Cure has awarded more than 1,000 breast cancer research grants totaling more than $180 million. Komen for the Cure remains the nation’s largest private provider of funds for breast cancer research and community outreach programs. Locally, the San Diego Affiliate has provided nearly $5 million in grants to local breast health organizations since it’s inception in 1995.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. The local San Diego affiliate was established in 1992. For more information about the local Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliate, visit http://www.komensandiego.org/.
Contact: Laura Farmer Komen for the Cure, San Diego 858/573-2760 Laura@sdkomen.org
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
CONTACT: Laura Farmer of Komen for the Cure, San Diego, +1-858-573-2760,Laura@sdkomen.org
Web site: http://www.komensandiego.org/