Take a Stand - Ensure Women Have Access to Mammograms
As breast cancer advocates for millions of women and men, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Advocacy Alliance believes that there should be no impediments to mammography screening for women aged 40 and above. Despite the recent change in the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations, the evidence shows that mammograms save lives in women 40 and over.
Sign our petition and help us ensure that all women have access to this lifesaving screening.
Click here to take action and sign the petition.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Recommends no Impediments to Breast Cancer Screening
Until Science Improves, Current Screening Recommendations Should Remain.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization, has carefully reviewed the data and new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concerning mammography screening. Komen for the Cure issued the following statement today from Eric P. Winer, M.D., chief scientific advisor and chair of Komen’s Scientific Advisory Board.
“Susan G. Komen for the Cure wants to eliminate any impediments to regular mammography screening for women age 40 and older
. While there is no question that mammograms save lives for women over 50 and women 40–49, there is enough uncertainty about the age at which mammography should begin and the frequency of screening that we would not want to see a change in policy for screening mammography at this time. Komen’s current screening guidelines can be found at
www.komen.org and would not be changed without serious consideration.”
Get Involved By Donating to the 2009 Race for the Cure!
You can Click the Donate Button Below to Make a General Donation to the 2009 Race for the Cure
Click the Links Below to View the Results for the 2009 Race for the Cure
http://www.hermescleveland.com/roadracing/results/2009/Cleveland/OVERALL.HTM
http://www.hermescleveland.com/roadracing/results/2009/Cleveland/SURVIVOR.HTM
2009 Race for the Cure Photos Now Available
The wait is over! Team photos and Race Day Candids are now available on line at http://www.cliffordnorton.com/komen for viewing and ordering. You can order on line or by contacting our office directly at 216-378-8000.
Click here for more information on the Race.
Save Lids to Save Lives
In addition to supporting the Race, Yoplait conducts the highly successful Save Lids to Save Lives® program, which takes place during September and October each year. For each pink lid mailed in by customers, Yoplait will donate 10 cents to Komen with a guaranteed donation of $500,000 up $1.5 million. For more information about the program, including the Save Lids to Save Lives mailing address, and/or to form an online team, visit www.yourlidmatters.com.
Ford Vehicle Test Drive
From April 21 to December 31, 2009 Ford will donate $20 for each Ford, Mercury or Lincoln vehicle test driven at a Ford dealership – up to $1 million. In addition, many Ford dealerships are donating an additional $20 per test drive, up to $1,000. Participants are asked to present a test drive certificate available for download at fordcares.com and at Race for the Cure events across the country during the promotion. Following the test drives, participants are asked to enter the certificate number and dealer code online at fordcares.com to generate the donation.
Passionately Pink for the Cure®
Wear Pink. Raise Funds. End Breast Cancer Forever!
Are you inspired to save a life? We think you are! Go Passionately Pink for the Cure® and turn your passion into action! With your help, we can move closer to a world without breast cancer. Will you join us?
Kicking off this May and running all year long, Passionately Pink for the Cure is a fun and easy fundraising program that raises breast cancer awareness, inspires advocacy and honors those affected by the disease.
The premise is simple: Go pink to fight breast cancer!
How to go Passionately Pink:
1. Get a group of friends or co-workers together to go Passionately Pink for the Cure.
2. Choose a team captain to register your group at passionatelypink.org.
3. Select the date(s) for your Passionately Pink day(s).
4. Plan your event. Dress in crazy pink outfits. Honor a breast cancer survivor with a nice luncheon. The day’s activities are completely up to you!
5. Invite your team members, letting them know to wear pink!
6. Collect donations from each team member on your Passionately Pink day. (Make sure each personal check has your team ID written in the memo area!)
7. Send the donations to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
When your team captain registers your group, he or she will receive a free kit. This kit will include everything you need to get started — event day ideas, a promotional poster, a Passionately Pink guidebook, collectors’ pins that feature the Passionately Pink logo, basic breast health information, a donation reply form, a matching gift checklist and a reply envelope to make it easy to return donations to Komen. You can find additional materials and ideas for your day at passionatelypink.org.
About Komen
Susan G. Komen fought breast cancer with her heart, body and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments, and endless days in the hospital, she spent her time thinking of ways to make life better for other women battling breast cancer instead of worrying about her own situation. That concern for others continued even as Susan neared the end of her fight. Moved by Susan’s compassion for others and committed to making a difference, Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.
That promise is now Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the global leader of the breast cancer movement, having invested more than $1 billion since inception in 1982. As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, we’re working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®, and generous contributions from our partners, sponsors and fellow supporters, we have become the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.