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Porter Hospital Receives $5,000 Grant

Tuesday April 4, 2006

     Porter Hospital has received a grant of $5,000 from  The  Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer  Foundation, one of over 100 affiliates nationwide dedicated to putting an end to  breast cancer. The grant is part of the annual awarding of grants throughout  Vermont and New Hampshire supporting various programs that provide breast  health education and breast cancer screening and treatment. This year, a total of  $433,800 has been awarded.

The Komen Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate's local fundraising efforts, such as the Komen Vermont.New Hampshire Race for the Cure, have enabled it to fund projects such as Porter's “Breast Cancer Screening and Education Project” which offers low-cost mammography services to local women with no health insurance  or high deductibles or co-pays. “In order to ensure our funds are making the greatest impact, the Komen  Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate works with local medical experts and  community leaders to conduct comprehensive community needs assessments,”  said Richard D. Lovett, MD, Komen Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate Grants  Committee Chair.  “We have identified specific, unmet breast health needs within  our community and 'filled in the gaps', delivering the life-saving message of early  detection and providing assistance to medically-underserved breast cancer  patients and their families.”

Last year, Komen Affiliates collectively granted more than $30 million to support  non-duplicative breast health and breast cancer outreach projects in their  communities.  Up to 75 percent of funds raised by a Komen Affiliate remains in  the community to fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs.  Remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent)  supports the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Award and Research  Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.

The Komen Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the  memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age  of 36.  Thanks to more than 75,000 volunteers dedicated to the fight against  breast cancer, the Komen Foundation, with its Affiliate Network, is the world's  largest private funder of community-based breast health education and breast  cancer screening and treatment programs.  Together with its Affiliate Network,  corporate partners and generous donors, the Komen Foundation has raised  nearly $600 million for the fight against breast cancer.

The 2006 Vermont/New Hampshire Race for the Cure will be held at Hildene's  Meadowlands in Manchester, Vermont on Sunday, July 30, 2006. For more information about breast health or breast cancer, visit the Komen  Foundation's Web site, www.komen.org, or call its national Toll-Free Breast Care  helpline, 1-800 I'M AWARE (1-800-462-9273).  To learn more about the Porter  Hospital program, contact Heidi Sulis at 388-4739.  

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