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Current Grant Recipients
MILWAUKEE AFFILIATE OF SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE®
AWARDS GRANTS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Organization’s community-based grants fill unmet breast health needs
Milwaukee – March 3, 2009 – Eleven community partners have been awarded more than $909,000 in grants that will provide access to breast health screening and education and treatment. Education and awareness are key weapons in the fight against breast cancer. More women are getting mammograms, being diagnosed earlier, and surviving longer as a result of our community health grants. These programs reach residents of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Ozaukee, Washington, Jefferson and Walworth counties.
Komen’s community partners include:
- Columbia St. Mary’s Foundation
- Milwaukee Catholic Home
- Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
- Milwaukee Lesbian, Gay Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
- ProHealth Care – Oconomowoc and Waukesha Memorial Hospital
- Southeastern Regional Breast Care Fund
- UW – Milwaukee College of Nursing
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints Foundation
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Elmbrook Memorial Foundation
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – Foundation for St. Francis
- Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – St. Joseph Foundation
In announcing the grant awards, Executive Director Sally Sheperdson, says, “Our goal is to change behaviors that will raise awareness levels and lead to increased screening rates.”
To find out if your organization is eligible to apply for grant money aimed at the fight against breast cancer, contact Jennifer Frahm at 414-805-2900.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure
The Komen Milwaukee Affiliate is part of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever. Komen Milwaukee is reaching into surrounding communities to keep the subject of breast cancer high in the public consciousness. Since 1999, Komen Milwaukee has raised over $4 million toward national research and local education, screening, and treatment for under-served women.
In 1980, Nancy C. Brinker watched helplessly as her sister, Susan G. Komen died after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Before Susan died, Nancy made a promise that would change the world: to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise launched Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, now the global leader of the breast cancer movement. The organization has invested hundreds of millions of dollars each year for research, education, screening, treatment, and encouraging governments everywhere to make cancer a top priority.
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