Current Grant Recipients

2012-13 Grant Award Recipients

Thanks to the generous support of our donors and sponsors, the Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® has awarded over $650,000 to non-profits providing breast health education, screening, diagnostic, and support services to our local communities for the 2012  fiscal year.  Since 2001, Komen Lowcountry has invested more than $5 million in our 17 county service area.Please click here for more detailed descriptions of our 2012-13 Grantee programs.

ALALA Cancer Society                               $38,000    
Ph: 803-569-4373            
Website: www.alalacancersociety.org        
Counties served: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Marion, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg
Project: “Lymphedema Management” for breast cancer survivors

Allendale County Hospital                    $59,250
Ph: 803-632-3311            
Counties served: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Hampton
Priority Population served: medically underserved
Project: “The Pink Prevention Program” provides breast health services for uninsured or underinsured women ages 21-64, who do not qualify for the Best Chance Network.

Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic           $33,943.50
Ph: 843-266-9800            
Website: www.bifmc.org    
Area served: Johns Island, Wadmalaw and Charleston
Priority Population served: African American, Hispanic, migrant, rural
Project: “All Women are Worthy of Care Breast Health Initiative” will use Nurse Case Management to improve breast health for the uninsured, low-income female patients.

Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health                    $78,000

Ph: 843-987-7400            
Website: www.bjhchs.org    
Counties served: Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton
Priority Population served: African American, Hispanic, rural
Project: “Reach Out to Care” will educate the Lowcountry Community about breast health and provide 500 Clinical Breast Exams and 500 mammograms. Follow up care will be available for women up to $2,500.00.

Best Chance Network                                 $80,000
Ph: 1-800-227-2345 (for appointments)            
Website: www.dhec.sc.gov/health/chcdp/cancer    
Counties served: Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Florence Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Marion, Orangeburg, and Williamsburg
Priority Population served: medically underserved women
Project: “Increasing Breast Screenings in Komen Lowcountry Affiliate Counties” will increase breast screenings in the Komen Lowcountry affiliate counties by 27%.

Hollings Cancer Center/MUSC                      $81,120
Ph: 843-792-0878            
Website: www.hcc.musc.edu        
Counties served: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton,  Horry, and Williamsburg
Priority Population served: African American, Hispanic, migrant, rural
Project: “Improving Access to Breast Cancer Screening and Follow-up Care through Mobile Mammography Services” will increase early detection of breast cancer by providing mammography screening and access to follow-up care for women in need.

McLeod Health                    $59,184
Ph: 843-777-5418            
Website: www.McLeodHealth.org        
Counties served: Florence, Horry, Marion, and Williamsburg
Priority Population served: African American
Project: “Making an Impact-One Life at a Time” The goal of the project is to minimize barriers that keep women from seeking early detection of breast cancer through screening mammography.

Regional Medical Center Orangeburg                 $55,083
Ph: 803-395-2841            
Website: www.trmchealth.org
Counties served: Bamberg, Calhoun and Orangeburg
Priority Population served: medically underserved
Project: “Knowledge is Powerful” will provide screening/diagnostic mammography to women who have no insurance or are underinsured, ages 30-46.

Roper St. Francis Healthcare                    $78,000
Ph: 843-402-5000            
Website: www.rsfh.com    
Counties served: Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester
Priority Population served: medically underserved
Project: The “Seamless Breast Healthcare Through Community Partnerships” project will provide mammograms to low-income, uninsured or underinsured women in the tri-county area, with an emphasis on African-American, younger, and high-risk women.

United Way of BCH                        $30,075
Ph: 843-549-9594 or 1-866-811-0598            
Website: www.unitedwaybch.org        
Counties served: Bamberg, Colleton and Hampton
Priority Population served: medically underserved
Project: “Pink Prevention” will provide mammography screening and educational materials among economically disadvantaged women.

Volunteers in Medicine                         $75,829
Ph: 843-689-6612            
Website: www.vimclinic.org    
Counties served: Beaufort, Colleton, Jasper, and Hampton
Priority Population served: medically underserved
Project: “VIM Mammogram Program” VIM provides the uninsured working poor in southern Beaufort County with screening mammogram and peer-to-peer support.