Grants
The Indianapolis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
For Immediate Release:
CONTACT:
Wendy Noe
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®-Indianapolis Affiliate
1099 N. Meridian St., Suite 111
Indianapolis, IN 46204-1075
Ph: (317) 638-CURE (2873)
wendy_noe@komenindy.org
http://www.komenindy.org
The Indianapolis Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Announces 2009 Grant RecipientsOrganization’s Community-Based
The Indianapolis Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the nation’s largest private source of funding for breast cancer research and community outreach programs, announced it has granted $1,636,648.74 to 21 non-profit organizations in its Indiana service area.
Through a variety of awareness and fundraising activities, including its signature Komen Race for the Cure®event, the Komen Indianapolis Affiliate is granting this money in an effort to reach its mission - to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. Up to 75 percent of the Affiliate’s net revenue remains in the Indiana service area where it is used to fund community outreach and education programs for medically under-served women and their families. A minimum of 25 percent of these funds is contributed directly to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program.
The following organizations will receive grant money from the Indianapolis Affiliate in 2009:
- YWCA of Greater Lafayette: YWCA Women’s Cancer Program
- Little Red Door Cancer Agency: Mammography Assistance Program & Patient Navigation
- Columbus Regional Hospital: Mammography Assistance Project
- St. Vincent Breast Center: Banishing Barriers: Increasing Access to Breast Cancer
- Cancer Services of Grant County: BESS-Breast Education Screening & Survival
- Cancer Services of EastCentral Indiana:“Reaching Out” Breast Health Program
- Casting for Recovery: Casting for Recovery Indiana Program
- Indiana Women in Need: Survivor Support Program
- Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation: Women Helping Women
- Black Nurses Association: Voices Across the Generations
- Boone County Cancer Society: Patient - Family Services
- Interlocal Community Action Program: Mother ChildCenter
- Gennesaret Free Clinic: Taking Time to Keep the Promise
- Brookes Place for Grieving Young People: Healing Support for Co-Survivors
- Rush Memorial Hospital: Breast Cancer Awareness, Education, & Early Detection
- Young Survival Coalition: Newly Diagnosed Resource Kits for Young Women with Breast Cancer
- Raphael Health Center: Clinical Breast Examinations for Women in Need
- Boone County Community Clinic: Breast Cancer Screening and Education
- Decatur County Memorial Hospital: Mammography Assistance Program
- Shalom Health CareCenter: Breast Cancer Screening & Education for Underserved Women
- Community Hospital Anderson: In Your Breast Interest
The Indianapolis Affiliate serves Indiana’s Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Montgomery, Morgan, Rush, Shelby, Tippecanoe and Tipton counties and conducts a detailed community needs assessment every two years to determine existing gaps in local breast health and breast cancer services. The Affiliate awards grants to service providers through a peer-reviewed process that is consistent with the Foundation’s national standards and funds them with a portion of the proceeds generated by the Komen Race for the Cure®and other fundraising events.
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 more than $1.2 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877GO KOMEN.
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