$2.89 Million Awarded to Area Not-for-Profits and Nearly $1 Million to Research

On April 10th, Komen Denver awarded more than $2.89 million to 29 local not-for-profits providing breast health and breast cancer education, screening, treatment and support services to Colorado residents with little or no health insurance.  In addition, the Affiliate invested nearly $1 million into breast cancer research through the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Grants Program.

The monies are raised throughout the year (April – March) are allocated into distinct categories for the 2008-2009 Grant cycle, and awarded every April at the beginning of a new fiscal year:

Dr. Dwight Randle Inspires at the Hope

Senior scientific advisor for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Dr. Dwight Randle, touched Hope for the Cure attendees by his impassioned and inspirational speech about the societal impacts of breast cancer and how each one of us can have a hand in curing them. Even though breast cancer is a disease of the body it has societal impacts that are difficult to measure. Those impacts include hopelessness, loneliness, and friendlessness. He encouraged all of us to be the “voice for the voiceless” and counter the despair and hopelessness that often accompanies a diagnosis of breast cancer.

WRC Receives Community Champion Award

The Women’s Resource Center was awarded the first-ever Karen L. Hornbostel Community Champion Award at this year’s Hope for the Cure celebration.  The award, named for Karen Hornbostel, a local breast cancer advocate and survivor who died from the disease in October 2006, will be presented annually to an organization that embodies Karen’s spirit and “can do” attitude.

Komen Denver announces 2008 Race campaign

The focus of this year’s Komen Denver Race for the Cure® campaign will be on why participants participate and support the event. Each one of us participates for a variety of reasons and the campaign will capture those reasons by highlighting individuals and why each runs, walks, sleeps in or works out for the Cure. This year’s Race is Sunday, October 5, so mark your calendars now!

Award-winning actress, Cynthia Nixon, best known for her role as Miranda on the long-running television series Sex and the City, joins Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest breast cancer advocacy organization, as an Ambassador. Nixon will share her personal experience with breast cancer, attend key events and reach millions through a series of TV and radio Public Service Announcements designed to educate people about the deadly disease and help engage them in Komen for the Cure’s global breast cancer movement.