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"Over the past 26 years, we have invested more than $1 billion in breastcancer research and community health programs, including more than $30 milliondirectly into the Washington, D.C. area, which has the highest breast cancermortality rate in the country," said Hala Moddelmog, a six-year breast cancersurvivor and the CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "Thanks to funds raisedby the Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure, our life-saving impact onthe Washington, D.C. area can be felt all year round."
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Based on a community needs assessment, Komen has identified the threefollowing funding priority areas:
-- To increase access to breast health information and services to womenliving in neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
-- To remove physical, cultural and linguistic barriers that women facethroughout the entire continuum of breast health care.
-- To engage the faith community in ensuring the delivery of culturallycompetent breast health information and services.
Nonprofit organizations, governmental agencies and educationalinstitutions in the Washington, D.C., Metro area, including Montgomery County,Md., Prince George's County, Md., Alexandria City, Va., Fairfax County, Va.,Loudoun County, Va., Arlington County, Va. or Prince William County, Va., areencouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted through Aug. 11, 2008.Proposals must be submitted through Komen's online grant application provider,which can be accessed by visiting the Susan G. Komen National Race for theCure Grants section of Komen's website at http://www.komen.org/grants.
Thanks to funds raised in the 2007 Susan G. Komen National Race for theCure, Komen awarded $3.3 million in grants to breast health and breast cancereducation, screening and treatment programs for the medically underserved inthe Washington, D.C., area.
Earlier this year Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced the awarding ofmore than $100 million in research grants, representing the largestsingle-year investment in research in the organization's 26-year history,cementing its position as the world's largest source of private funds forbreast cancer research. The 2008 grants slate moves Komen for the Cure closerto accomplishing its goal of investing $2 billion over the next 10 years todramatically decrease breast cancer incidence and mortality.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would doeverything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promisebecame Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancermovement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots networkof breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empowerpeople, 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 more than$1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofitfunds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For moreinformation about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer,visit http://www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
SOURCE Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R)
