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Sacramento Valley Affiliate Grants over $1 Million to Local Organizations
The Komen Sacramento Affiliate is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008/2009 grant program. Over $1 million will be granted to local organizations for early detection, education, and supportive services related to breast health.
The Greantee Reception was held this year at Northern California PET Imagaing Center, one of the most advanced cancer screening technology facilities in the nation, and a recipient of the Komen Affiliate's 2007 grants.
Congresswoman Matsui, a long-time Komen supporter presented checks to 17 local organizations in the Sacramento Valley area, offering breast health and breast cancer screening and education programs. "We are extremely pleased to fund these organizations and are looking forward to working with them over the next year," said Donna Sanderson, Executive Director of the Komen Sacramento Affiliate. "All of the grant recipients share Komen for the Cure's promise to save lives and end breast cancer forever."
The local organizations that have been awarded the Komen Sacramento Affiliate 2008/2009 grants include: Boat People S.O.S., Breaking Barriers Community Services, California Health Collaborative, CommuniCare Health Centers, Delta Health Care, Health Education Council, Hmong Womens Heritage Association, Newman Family Resource Center, Northern California PET Imaging Center, Save Ourselves-The Breast Cancer Organization of Sacramento, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation, St. Josephs Medical Center, Sutter Cancer Center, The Effort, Inc., The Regents of the University of California-Consortium of Student-Run Clinics, Y-ME Northern California, and YWCA of Contra Costa County and Sacramento.
For more information on Komen's Grant Program, contact the Sacramento Affiliate at 916-492-6474.
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About Komen:
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 nearly $1 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 1-877 GO KOMEN.
About the Affiliate:
Led by more than 100,000 survivors and activists, Komen is the world' largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever. We are local activists in 124 cities and communities, mobilizing more than one million friends and neighbors every year through events like the Komen Race for the Cure Series, the world's largest and most successful awareness and fundraising event for breast cancer. We are advocates at the local, state and federal level, fighting for the screening and treatment programs that save lives and the research that brings us closer to the cure.
Sacramento Valley Affiliate
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Sacramento Affiliate
Mailing address:
2443 Fair Oaks Blvd, #223
Sacramento, CA 95825
Physical address:
4970 Windplay Drive, Ste. 3
El Dorado Hills, CA 95672
Phone: 916.492.6474
Fax: 916.941.7896
E-mail:
info@komensacramento.org
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