Akron General Medical Center--"The Breast Health Center Outreach Program" --$58,141

Aultman Hospital--"Creating Hope Together Project"--$41,712

Canton Community Clinic, Inc.--"Outreach to Medically Underserved Women"--$24,000

Columbiana County Health Deptartment--"Columbiana County Health Department Breast Health Education and Screening"--$74,392

Community Health Partners Regional--"ANGEL and Amigas - Breast Health Awareness and Education Program"-- $58,345

Cuyahoga County Board of Health-- "Breast and Cervical Cancer Project (BCCP)"--$121,245

The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland--"Breast Health Awareness and Education Program"--$29,093

The Gathering Place--"A Survivorship Care Plan for Women with Breast Cancer"--$40,000

Humility of Mary Health Partners--""Comprehensively Pink" - Breast Cancer Education, Outreach, Screening and Follow-up"--$33,891

JD Breast Cancer Foundation--"Project Lifeline"--$90,000

Journey of Hope--"Survivorship Support: Financial Assistance of Basic Needs for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients"--$25,875

The Karen P. Nakon Breast Cancer Foundation--"One Less Worry"--$50,000

The MetroHealth Foundation--"Improving Access to Care: Bringing Education, Advocacy and Support Together (BREAST)"--$158,276

Mansfield-Ontario-Richland County Health Department--"Komen Northeast Ohio/Richland County Screening Project"--$20,000

Mercy Medical Center--"Quality Breast Health Through a Continuum of Care"--$70,000

North Coast Health Ministry--"Breast Health Preventative Care Management"--$44,968

NorthEast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Inc--"Mammogram Connection Program"--$75,303 

Project Hoffnung--"The Amish and Mennonite Breast Health Project"--$89,870

Samaritan Hospital Foundation--"SA2 Collaborative - Program for Breast Health"--$54,343

South Pointe Hospital--"Northeast Ohio ANGEL Network"--$77,380

Summit County Health District--"Sharing the Story: Mammograms Save Lives!"--$53,370

Trinity Health System--"Trinity BCCP/Komen Project"--$49,320

University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center--"Ashtabula County and Eastern Lake County Rural Underserved Women’s Project"--$59,010

University Hospitals of Cleveland--"Save Our Sisters (S.O.S.)"--$100,000

2009-10 Grants

Komen Northeast Ohio Affiliate Grants More Than $1.5 Million for Local Breast Cancer Programs

CLEVELAND - April 23, 2009 - Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Northeast Ohio has announced that it is contributing $1.5 million to 25 organizations throughout the area for projects that support its promise to end breast cancer forever. These grants set a new record for Komen -both in the dollars funded- and the number of agencies it has been able to support.

These grants will enable thousands of women across Northeast Ohio to receive life saving screening, while also enhancing breast cancer education programs and survivor support. Local agencies from several counties were chosen for their innovative breast cancer programs, with a specific focus on those that assist underinsured, uninsured or women living at the poverty line.

Although many of the grant recipients have previously received Komen support, this year three new organizations were selected for funding; Aultman Hospitals, University Hospitals MacDonald’s Women Hospital  and Care Alliance Health Center. “Care Alliance is delighted to become a new grant recipient from Komen Northeast Ohio.” said Jenice Contreras, Director of Develoment at Care Alliance Health Center. “This funding will enable us to focus on providing outreach, education and patient navigation services to women who are low income, uninsured or underinsured, or who are homeless or residents at substance abuse treatment facilities, by providing them with breast cancer screening opportunities therefore reducing the number of women given late stage cancer diagnosis”

Hermione Malone, Manager of Community Outreach for the UH Ireland Cancer Center agrees that funding from Komen Northeast Ohio makes a huge impact on their ability to battle breast cancer with those most at risk. “ It is gratifying that Susan G. Komen for the Cure not only values long-standing outreach programs such as the University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center’s Project T.E.M.P.L.E., but also eagerly funds new, innovative programs such as the UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital Saturday Breast Exam Project.

“The combined grants will be valuable in meeting the needs of the low-income, underserved minority women that we serve and to ultimately save lives,” added Nikki Polis, Ph.D, Director of UH MacDonald Women’s Hospital and Women’s Services.

Susan Kurzweil, President of Komen Northeast Ohio, is gratified to see the organization’s resources impacting lives right in their own community. “We are thrilled to have the ability provide this record funding to organizations in who partner with us in our dedicated mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever,” said Kurzweil. “We are confident that this year’s grant recipients will make a significant contribution to achieving our goals.” 

The strong support of several key fundraising activities throughout the year enables Komen Northeast Ohio to make these donations. The annual Komen Northeast Ohio Race for the Cure^® included over 18,000 participants that helped to raise over $1.5 million in 2008 alone. The organization focuses on supporting innovative education, screening and survivor support programs that reach diverse, underserved populations across its newly expanded 22 county service area.

Information about the 2009-2010 grantees follows.

2009/2010 Komen Northeast Ohio Grants

$51,750.00      Akron General Medical Center, The Breast Health Center Outreach Program

$89,088.00      American Cancer Society Northeast Region Ohio, B.E.S.T (Breast Education and Screening Together) Program

$50,866.96      Aultman Hospital, Filling the Gaps: Canton and Carroll County Project

$22,050.00      Care Alliance Health Center, SHOW ME (Shelter Health Outreach for Women)

$74,699.99      Columbiana County Health Department, CCHD Breast Health Education and Screening

$24,370.00      Community Health Partners Regional Foundation, ANGELS & AMIGAS-

Uniting for a Common Cause

$106,232.00    Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Breast and Cervical Cancer Project

$25,000.00      The Free Medical Clinic of Greater Cleveland, Breast Health Awareness and Education Program

$63,731.00      Gathering Place

$83,282.50      JD Breast Cancer Foundation, Project Lifeline

$40,000.00      Karen P. Nakon Breast Cancer Foundation, One Less Worry

$76,110.00      Kent State University, Keep ABREAST (Keep Advocating for Breast Cancer

Education

$82,183.20      Mennonite Christian Assembly Church, The Amish and Mennonite Breast

Health Project

$90,700.00      Mercy Medical Center, Community Outreach and Breast Health Project

$144,781.15    MetroHealth System  The MetroHealth Foundation, Fiscal Agent, Improving Access to Care: Bringing, Education, Advocacy and Support Together

$37,192.00      North Coast Health Ministry, Breast Health Education and Screening

$52,927.00      NorthEast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services, Inc., Mammogram

Connection

$82,500.00      South Pointe Hospital, Northeast Ohio ANGEL Project

$58,153.70      Summit County Health District, Sharing the Story: Mammograms Save Lives!

$27,500.00      Trinity Health System, Trinity BCCP/ Komen Project

$46,563.00      University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center, Ashtabula County Rural

Underserved Women's Project

$39,629.72      University Hospitals MacDonald Women's Hospital, SBE- Saturday Breast

Exam Program

$76,117.96      University Hospitals Ireland Cancer Center, Project T.E.M.P.L.E A Breast

Health Education Intervention for Cleveland's Minority Communities

$21,780.00      YWCA of Elyria, Project Reach