KOMEN DETROIT RACE FOR THE CURE® 2011 GRANTS

Komen Detroit Race for the Cure® is committed to funding a diverse group of organizations that share our desire to save lives and end breast cancer forever. This year, competition for grant dollars was intense, as needs in the tri-county area far outpace our resources. We hope you share our pride being able to make $1.475 million in local program grants and contribute nearly $422,000 to research.

As with all events in the Komen Race for the Cure series, seventy-five percent of the proceeds from the Susan G. Komen Detroit Race for the Cure® remain in the local community. Funds support breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs for the medically underserved in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. The remaining monies, approximately twenty-five percent fund breast cancer research and project grants awarded through Komen for the Cure. For more information on Komen’s research grant program, visit here.

The local grants, made to breast cancer serving Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb Counties, are detailed below.

Abstracts of Grants Funded
by the
20th Annual Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®

Extend and Enhance: Providing BCCCP Services to More Women in Wayne County/$943,592
Robert Burack, MD, Wayne State University Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

The Wayne County Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) provides breast screening, follow up and treatment at no out-of-pocket cost to uninsured women in the Detroit region. This grant will “extend” the BCCCP by adding 1,316 screenings to the 6,517 funded by MDCH and will “enhance” the program by covering its unfortunate gaps-- MDCH does not provide coverage for breast biopsy facility fees (women face these bills) nor for breast cancer treatment among women denied Medicaid.

Contact for the Wayne County BCCCP - (888) 242-2702
 

ACCESS Breast Cancer Outreach Project/ $116,165
Adnan Hammad, Ph.D. - ACCESS Community Health Research Center

The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) will continue the Breast Cancer Outreach Project engaging the low-income Arab American community of Southeastern Michigan. Through the program, 2,000 women will receive comprehensive one-on-one health education through in-home visits, and 1,500 women with no previous history of breast cancer screening will receive a free mammogram and clinical breast exam.

Contact for the ACCESS Breast Cancer Outreach Project - (313) 216-2200

Helping Hands-Breast Diagnostic and Limited Services Treatment to Low Income/Uninsured Patients at the Alexander J. Walt Breast Center / $395,271
Laura Zubeck, RN, BSN, MBA - Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
 

The Karmanos Cancer Institute's Alexander J. Walt Breast Center grant will cover diagnostic and limited treatment for un-/underinsured women and men who are not eligible for other community support due to program restrictions. The grant will also cover service gaps for some patients enrolled in the Wayne County BCCCP. Karmanos staff will evaluate all requests for financial assistance; provide educational material, system navigation, follow-up guidance, and help with transportation and prescription needs.

Contact Alexander J. Walt Breast Center - (313) 576-8906
 

Sister & Sister Program / $19,900
Teresa Rodges, MSA Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Riley Foundation
 

The Sister & Sister Program will expand outreach to increase mammogram screening and survival rates among hard-to-reach uninsured and underinsured African-American women through breast health education programs at Pontiac area churches, public housing communities, and senior centers. Survivors will teach other African-American women about the importance of early detection by "witnessing" or talking about their cancer experiences. Each church's Health Outreach Ministry Leader will be trained to carry the message to more than 400 African-American women. More than 500 women will receive access to free mammogram screenings at the POH Regional Medical Center. Those in need will be navigated to follow-up care, including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, which will be provided free of charge by the POH Riley Foundation.

Contact the Sister & Sister Program at (248) 338-5608. 

For more information on Race Results click here.

Thank you to Chris Fontichiaro, Grants Chair, and the Grant Review Panel.

Grant Information

Grant Process

rev. 11-10-2011