49 grantees honored for efforts to end breast cancer at recognition luncheon 

The Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® recently honored forty-eight grantees representing some of the finest healthcare, community and family organizations from throughout their thirteen-county service area. The Komen Philadelphia Affiliate distributed of $2,604,000 in grants to support breast health education, awareness, screening, treatment and support that will be implemented in 2008-2009.

"These grantees represent the grassroots efforts that make Susan G. Komen for the Cure a leader in the international breast cancer movement," said Elaine I. Grobman, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "Teams from these organizations are out in our community every day bringing the cure-in the form of screening, early detection, treatment, education, and other support services-to women most in need.

"They are educating women in churches and community centers, reaching out to young women, breaking barriers of language and culture, and going into the most impoverished communities to make early detection practices possible for women with no medical insurance. Woman by woman, community by community, these grantees are making a tremendous impact."

Through their grant review process, the Komen Philadelphia Affiliate strives to generate a grantee family offering a vast diversity in terms of services offered, groups served and geography. The 2008-2009 grantee list includes programs with outreach to individuals of diverse ages, life styles and cultures, spanning the Komen Philadelphia service area of: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties, PA; Camden County, NJ; and Kent, New Castle and Sussex counties, DE.

The grant money is a result of Komen Philadelphia Affiliate fund-raising efforts throughout 2007, the biggest contributor being the 17th Annual Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure.® Seventy-five percent of the total monies raised through the Race stays in the Komen Philadelphia Affiliate's 13-county service area to support education, screening and treatment initiatives-the Grant recipients. The remaining funds go towards the Komen National Research Grant Program.

Click here for a list of the 2008-2009 Grantees and their funded programs.