Today Komen OC announced it will award more than $1.5 million in grants to 15 local nonprofit organizations at the Grants Award Breakfast on Friday, Dec. 2. The grants make a substantial impact in the fight to end breast cancer forever and reinforce Komen Orange County’s support for its surrounding community partners.
The 2012 Komen Fund for Breast Health Care and community grants recipients and their breast health programs are:
- AltaMed Health Services Corporation / Breast Cancer Early Detection and Care Program
- Asian American Senior Citizens Service Center / Breast Cancer Awareness and Prevention Program (BCAPP) to the Uninsured Chinese American Women
- Breast Cancer Solutions / Enabling Access: Medical and Financial Aid Program; Latina Breast Health Support Program Specialist
- Hurrt Family Health Clinic / Access to Care and Treatment (ACT) Now Project
- Laguna Beach Community Clinic / LBCC’s Breast Care Commitment Program
- Latino Health Access / Salud de Seno (Breast Health Program)
- Nhan Hoa Comprehensive Health Clinic / Breast Care for Low-Income and Uninsured Young People
- Pacific Islander Health Partnership / Pacific Islander Navigator Breast Health Project
- Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties / Breast Health Program
- Serve the People Community Health Center / Women’s Wellness Clinic
- Share Our Selves (SOS) / Women’s Health Initiative
- The G.R.E.E.N. Foundation / ActNOW: Be Self Empowered (BSE) Breast Health
- Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation / Breast Health Navigation and Education Program
- YWCA of North Orange County / Early Breast Cancer Screening and Education
- University of California, Irvine / Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
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