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Volunteers help make the 8th annual Beast Feast a rousing success

Our Beast Feast is a unique and popular fundraiser, particularly among outdoorsmen. It brings together local doctors and their families and friends for a live and silent auction of wildlife products.

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Kate Sommer - Nebraska Valley Affiliate

Kate Sommer is a two-time breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed when she was 30 years old. Shortly before her recurrence 5 years later, a friend asked her if she had ever heard of the Race for the Cure.

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North Texas Affiliate

History

The North Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® serves Collin, Denton and Grayson counties, home to approximately 1.4 million residents. This three-county area lacks a county hospital, which leaves many residents without access to health care. Therein lies the demand that led to the creation of the North Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which was founded in 1991 by a small group of volunteers committed to fighting breast cancer and helping serve under- and uninsured breast cancer patients on a local level.

Friends celebrate at the Survivor Brunch

Our Mission Work

Programs
The North Texas Affiliate held its 4th Annual Survivor Brunch and Fashion Show on Saturday, March 29, 2008, with over 300 survivors and their supporters in attendance. The event, sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent, celebrates breast cancer survivors and honors their fight against this deadly disease. Karen Borta of CBS 11 Television in Dallas emceed the festivities.

This year's fashion show featured breast cancer survivors modeling spring fashions from Coldwater Creek, New Balance and Nordstrom. Along with fashion, the event featured a health fair sponsored by Presbyterian Hospital of Allen and Presbyterian Hospital of Plano.

Additionally, the event served as the Affiliate's Grant Reception with Affiliate representatives announced the thirteen 2008-2009 grant recipients. Combining the Survivor Brunch and Grants Reception brings survivors and grantees together to demonstrate the real impact grantee efforts have in the life of the community.

Grantees receive a record-setting $1,000,000 in grants to help the local community

Grant Awards
In 2008, the North Texas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure granted $1,000,000 to thirteen organizations in Collin, Denton and Grayson counties to fund breast health education, screening and treatment. These grants directly benefit the women and men in our communities who are battling breast cancer and have nowhere else to turn. We are very proud to have reached this significant $1,000,000 grant milestone. In 2007, we granted $800,000 to ten organizations in our three-county area.

Fundraising
The 2007 North Texas Race for the Cure® was a tremendous success. The largest fundraising event for the North Texas Affiliate shattered the $1 million mark! Our Local Presenting Sponsor, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), was proud to host more than 12,000 runners and walkers at their Global Headquarters in Plano, Texas. In 2008, our Race is June 7th and we hope to reach 15,000 participants.