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DCHD receives breast cancer grant
Thu May 27, 2010
DuPage County Health Department receives grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation
The Chicagoland Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded a $75,000 grant to the DuPage County Health Department for its breast cancer screening program.
The grant was accepted by the DuPage County Board of Health in May and will be used in Community Health Services. A similar grant was received last year.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the world's largest breast cancer organization, and the Chicagoland Area Affiliate is one of 125 Affiliates on the front lines dedicated to ending breast cancer in their communities. Komen Affiliates fund innovative programs that help women and men overcome the cultural, social, educational and financial barriers to breast cancer screening and treatment.
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever, and in 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The Chicagoland Area Affiliate is part of the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer.
Through events like the Komen Chicago Race for the Cure, the Chicagoland Area Affiliate has invested over $9 million in community breast cancer programs in five counties. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Affiliate stay in the Chicagoland Area. The remaining 25 percent funds breast cancer research. For more information, call (773) 444-0061 or visit www.komenchicago.org.