FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 17, 2009
Contact: Jessica Munday
jessica@trio-solutions.com
(843) 216-0442

SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE® DISBURSES MORE THAN $674,739 IN GRANTS TO LOWCOUNTRY

CHARLESTON, SC --- The Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure will distribute $674,739 to numerous organizations throughout the Lowcountry. The grant funds are provided largely from community donations to the 2008 Komen Race for the Cure. Several other fund-raising events, such as Rally for the Cure, held at various locations throughout the Lowcountry, also provided monies to Komen’s grant fund. The large grant recipients, considered awards of $5,000 or more, will be presented their checks at noon April 1 at Carrabba’s Italian Grill in Mount Pleasant.
Komen Lowcountry Affiliate annually accepts applications for breast health and/or breast cancer education, outreach, treatment support, or screening projects targeting services not otherwise available to the medically-underserved populations of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hampton, Jasper and Orangeburg counties in South Carolina. The remaining balance not given to large grant recipients is budgeted for small grants (no more than $5,000) and awarded throughout the year.

Large grant recipients this year include:

• $70,594 to Volunteers in Medicine, serving Beaufort county
• $74,914 to Hollings Cancer Center, serving Beaufort, Berkeley, Colleton, and Georgetown counties
• $72,695 to Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health, serving Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties
• $42,631 to United Way of BCH, serving Bamberg, Colleton, and Hampton counties
• $45,693 to Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg, serving Orangeburg county
• $58,567 to Allendale County Hospital, serving Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Hampton counties
• $75,000 to Charleston Breast Center, serving Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
• $36,500 to Closing the Gap in Health Care, serving Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
• $10,000 to The Parents Corner, serving Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
• $38,346 to Smith Medical Clinic, serving Georgetown county
• $47,976 to South Carolina Cancer Alliance (SCCA), serving Allendale, Bamberg, and Orangeburg counties
• $29,304 to Beaufort Memorial Hospital, serving Beaufort county
• $54,400 to Royal Missionary Baptist Church, serving Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties
• $18,119 to Lowcountry Health Care System Inc., serving Allendale county with satellite services to Blackville, Barnwell, and Orangeburg counties

The Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure—along with those who generously support us with their talent, time and resources—is working to better the lives of those facing breast cancer in our community. We join more than 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer. Through events like the Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure, we have invested more than $3 million in local breast health and breast cancer awareness projects in 12 counties. As of April 1, 2009, Horry County will become our 13th county in our service area. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by the Komen Lowcountry Affiliate stay in our 13-county service area while the remaining income goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Programs supporting research, awards and educational and scientific programs around the world. In 2008, Komen National awarded $100,000 million dollars to research and education. Join us by calling (843) 556-8011 or visiting us online at www.komenlowcountry.org.

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