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The PA Breast Cancer Coalition Announces Special Press Availability at Event to Launch 2008 Income Tax Check-Off Campaign

Thursday, February 7, 2008 General News
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WHAT: The Income Tax Check-Off 2008 campaign launch. The Income Tax Check-Off is a program of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) enacted through legislation in 1997. The Income Tax Check-Off for Breast and Cervical Cancer Research has become the most popular refund donation option in Pennsylvania, raising over $2 million since its inception. To date 49 research grants have been awarded.
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WHEN: Monday, February 11, 2008

9:30 a.m.



WHERE: University Conference Center at Penn State Hershey



WHY: To give all media the opportunity to meet and interview the featured grantees and speakers at the 2008 Income Tax Check-Off Campaign Launch.
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The PA Cancer Control, Prevention, and Research Advisory Board's Income Tax Check-Off Committee recommends how the refund donations should be distributed. Every penny of the over $2 million that has been raised through the initiative goes directly to fund breast and cervical cancer research conducted by Pennsylvania researchers.



WHO: Pat Halpin-Murphy, PBCC, President & Founder; Thomas P. Loughran Jr., M.D., Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, director; Thomas Wolf, Secretary of Revenue; David Feith, Ph.D., Instructor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; Judith Weisz, MB, BChir, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pennsylvania State University Milton S. Hershey Medical Center



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SOURCE Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition
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