Susan G. Komen kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month
On October 1, Susan G. Komen Charlotte’s Race for the Cure kicked off Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The local nonprofit raised nearly $1 million among 10,000 participants and 20,000 total people in and around Marshall Park.
This may only be the beginning in a month where people are looking to donate to Komen Charlotte to support breast cancer awareness. Your donations do more than you might think on a day-to-day basis for patients in the Queen City. Of the funds raised, 75% stay right here in Charlotte and surrounding communities, while the other 25% funds research.
Here’s a few of the services your local donations fund:
Breast health education materials. These are given out at health fairs or in a similar setting. Cost is about 50 cents per person.
Screening and diagnostic mammograms. These are about $200 each and can cost more or less depending on the provider.
Lymphedema compression garments, bandages, and wraps.Women who have breast cancer need these items in order to go about their days. They cost about $150 each, while lymphedema therapy is about $430 per session.
Transportation. Some breast cancer patients have a hard time getting to their treatment appointments. It costs about $50 for a patient to go to a treatment center.
If you’re an organization or business looking to give to a good cause, here’s what larger donation amounts can do:
A $10,000 donation.
- Provide 20,000 women/men breast health education materials
- A screening OR a diagnostic mammogram for 50 people
- 66 compression garments, bandages, or wraps
- 23 sessions of lymphedema therapy
- Transportation for 200 patients to a cancer center for treatment appointments
A $5,000 donation.
- Provide 10,000 women/men breast health education materials
- A screening OR a diagnostic mammogram for 25 people
- 33 compression garments, bandages, or wraps
- 12 sessions of lymphedema therapy
- Transportation for 100 patients to a cancer center for treatment appointments
A $1,500 donation.
- Provide 3,000 women/men breast health education materials
- Provide a screening OR a diagnostic mammogram for 8 people
- Provide 10 compression garments, bandages, or wraps
- Provide 4 sessions of lymphedema therapy
- Provide transportation for 30 patients to a cancer center for treatment appointments
Your donation may combat the estimated 246,660 cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed this year in the U.S. alone. Learn more about your risks and how you can help other people here.
This story was originally published October 7, 2016 at 6:06 AM.