Affiliate Spotlight
Bayou Region - 4/30/2008
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.
North Texas Affiliate - 4/2/2008
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.
Minnesota Affiliate - 2/14/2008
Since our inception, we have been blessed to be embraced by a community that shares our commitment to raising money for breast cancer education, screening, preliminary treatment and research. Each year we increase our investment in our community's fight against breast cancer.
Florida Suncoast Affiliate - 1/18/2008
Founded in 1999 by Dr. Barbara (Hall) Bourland, the Florida Suncoast Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has expanded to a six county area and has raised over $8 million for community programs and research. In just the last three years, the Affiliate has doubled in revenue, and in 2007 was proud to announce the largest grant awards in the history of the Affiliate.
Tulsa Affiliate - 12/5/2007
The Tulsa Affiliate started in 1996 with a group of volunteers who wanted to localize the fight against breast cancer and bring the Race for the Cure to their city.
Sacramento Valley Affiliate - 11/19/2007
The Komen Sacramento Valley Affiliate serves a 17-county wide area including both urban areas and a wide rural population.
El Paso Affiliate - 11/7/2007
Since our inception, the El Paso Affiliate has raised more than $2.2 million dollars to provide breast cancer education, screening and treatment resources. This year alone, we will provide over $363,000 to the El Paso Community in the fight against breast cancer.
North Jersey Affiliate - 10/24/2007
Like Komen for the Cure itself, the North Jersey Affiliate was also founded on a promise - a promise made in 1997 by Deb Belfatto to make a difference to ten-year-old Jackie Bertolini, who lost her mother to breast cancer.
North Florida Affiliate - 10/11/2007
The most "northern" of the six Florida Komen Affiliates, Komen North Florida covers Duval, Clay, Nassau, St. John's and Baker counties on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tyler Affiliate - 9/21/2007
Deep in the heart of East Texas the Tyler Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure continues the promise to end breast cancer forever.
Texarkana Affiliate - 8/29/2007
At the Texarkana Race, the Survivors' Celebration has the power to make strong men cry and strangers hug strangers. They just keep coming--hundreds of survivors.
Connecticut Affiliate - 8/21/2007
The Affiliate hosted its fourteenth Race for the Cure, its fourth in Hartford at the foot of the State Capitol building, and Connecticut governor M. Jodi Rell, a two-year breast cancer survivor, attended the Race as she has done every year.
Upstate South Carolina Affiliate - 8/3/2007
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of the Upstate South Carolina Affiliate, over 1,000 low-income, uninsured women have received free treatment for breast and cervical cancer since July 1, 2005 through a new state program.
San Diego Affiliate - 6/21/2007
In 1995, a group of passionate, committed health educators and breast cancer survivors did more than just imagine the need for quality breast health information, services and treatment for the 1.3 million people in San Diego County. They acted.
Tarrant County Affiliate - 5/9/2007
At our 2007 Race, the band played "Let it snow" in observance of the first snowfall on a Tarrant County Race and the first area snowfall on April 7 in 69 years, but the record that really counts is the $1.5 million raised.
Greater Kansas City Affiliate - 4/19/2007
The first Kansas City Race for the Cure was organized by three headstrong women who had recently relocated to Kansas City from the Washington, D.C. area and were determined to make the Race a success.
Greater Evansville Affiliate - 4/5/2007
In 1998, a determined group of volunteers brought the first Race for the Cure® to Evansville with over 5,000 participants.
Lubbock Area Affiliate - 3/2/2007
The story of the Komen Lubbock Area Affiliate is much like that of Susan and Nancy.
Greater Amarillo Affiliate - 2/16/2007
In 2007, Amarillo celebrates its 17th Komen Race for the Cure® and its 4th year as an Affiliate.
Salt Lake City Affiliate - 1/12/2007
The genesis of the Salt Lake City Affiliate was in 1996 when several women whose lives had been touched by breast cancer independently contacted Susan G. Komen for the Cure headquarters about establishing a Race for the Cure® in Utah.
Colorado Springs Affiliate - 11/21/2006
On a beautiful Rocky Mountain morning in 2006, the Komen Colorado Springs Affiliate celebrated with live bands at every mile marker.
Orange County Affiliate - 10/31/2006
Marking its 15th year of service to Orange County, 2006 was an outstanding year for Komen in "The OC."
Houston Affiliate - 10/16/2006
The Houston Affiliate began in 1990, the same year as the first Komen Houston Race for the Cure®. Gayle McMorrow called the Komen Foundation to inquire about starting a Race in Houston, and with the Foundation's encouragement, she established a Board of Directors for the Affiliate.
Siouxland Affiliate - 10/3/2006
The Komen Siouxland Affiliate was established a little over three years ago.
Charlotte Affiliate - 9/5/2006
Like Susan G. Komen for the Cure itself, the Komen Charlotte Affiliate was founded on a promise. When Founder, Penelope Wilson, lost her partner to breast cancer in 1992, Penelope made a promise to make a difference.
