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Komen Puget Sound Grants Record $2.35 Million

The Puget Sound Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is excited to announce that it recently awarded $2.35 million in grants in the fight against breast cancer. Each year, the Puget Sound Affiliate offers grant funding to local organizations that are meeting the breast health and breast cancer needs of the community. The emphasis is on saving lives, through funding culturally appropriate programs targeting medically-underserved, uninsured, under-insured or low-income organizations.

“More than 4000 women in Washington State will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. We are seeing a huge increase in women in need of no-cost healthcare services in these tough economic times, so we are thrilled to fund these projects that will saves lives,” says Komen Puget Sound Executive Director, Mona Locke.

Through these 2009 grants, the Puget Sound Affiliate expects to: educate more than 11,650 Puget Sound women on the importance of early detection of breast cancer; screen more than 7,460 Puget Sound women for breast cancer; and support more than 3,615 women as they navigate through the breast cancer treatment process. Click here to learn more.

Cheryl Shaw

2009 Event raises Over Three Quarters of a Million
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure 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. It is a national organization with a network of volunteers working through local affiliates and Komen Race for the Cure® events fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening, and treatment.


For more information on breast health or breast cancer, please call the Komen Foundation's National Toll-Free Helpline 1.800.I'M AWARE® or visit the web site at www.komen.org.

Looking for low-cost mammography resources? If you are age 40 - 64, you may be eligible for free or low-cost breast and cervical health screening services through the Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program. Click here for more information.