Our Work
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is fighting every minute of every day to finally, once and for all, finish what we started and achieve our vision of a world without breast cancer.
Fulfilling the Promise
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
Breast Cancer Then and Now
For the past 25 years, Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer - transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. We are proud of our contribution to some real victories:
- More early detection - nearly 75 percent of women over 40 years old now receive regular mammograms, the single most effective tool for detecting breast cancer early (in 1982, less than 30 percent received a clinical exam).
- More hope - the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early before it spreads beyond the breast, is now 98 percent (compared to 74 percent in 1982).
- More research - the federal government now devotes more than $900 million each year to breast cancer research, treatment and prevention (compared to $30 million in 1982).
- More survivors - America's 2.3 million breast cancers survivors, the largest group of cancer survivors in the U.S., are a living testament to the power of society and science to save lives.
Our People
Led by more than 100,000 survivors and activists, Komen is the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end breast cancer forever. As the face and voice of the global breast cancer movement.
- We are local activists in 125 cities and communities, mobilizing more than one million friends and neighbors every year through events like the Komen Race for the Cure Series - the world's largest and most successful awareness and fundraising event for breast cancer.
- We are advocates at the local, state and federal level, fighting for the screening and treatment programs that save lives and the research that brings us closer to the cure.
- We are global citizens working with local health groups around the world and through our web site, komen.org, to help millions of women in nearly 200 countries overcome the social, cultural and economic barriers to breast health and treatment.
For the Cure is 25
Susan G. Komen for the Cure is 25! We invite you to visit the 25th Anniversary Microsite to view videos representing our network of activists, purchase Promise Rings and create your own Promise Circle - a motivating online network of family and friends who have joined in Komen's breast cancer movement.
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Are YOU Passionate?
Anyone can
participate! Recruit your
co-workers, religious or social group, school, friends, and family members to join your group, and register your group.
Pick you day to wear pink and make a $5 (or more) personal donation to Komen for the Cure.
Registered groups receive a participation kit that includes posters to promote your day, participant booklets, breast heath information and Passionately Pink for the Cure pins for your participants to wear to show their support for the cure!
For more information, please email passionatelypink@komen.org or call (972) 855-1600
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure Receives Diostinguished 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, America's Largest Independent Evaluator of Charities...
NEW Garth Brooks Album Benefits Komen!
Garth Brooks has joined forces with Susan G. Komen for the Cure in the promise to end breast cancer forever with the release of the "Pink Edition" of The Ultimate Hits album. The new 3-disc set contains classics, new songs, & videos. Each CD is packed with important breast health information. For every "Pink Edition" of The Ultimate Hits sold, $10 will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure; & when purchased using the promotional code "amarillo", $5 comes to the Greater Amarillo Affiliate! To order go to www.komen.org/garth and enter the promotional code "amarillo".
Together with Garth Brooks, we'll keep moving toward a world without breast cancer!