Agency Details:

Susan G Komen For The Cure Maryland Affiliate

Our Vision
A World Without Breast Cancer

Our Promise
To save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

Description:
The Komen Maryland Affiliate
The Race for the Cure began in Maryland as a 500 participant 5K in 1992 and has blossomed into the largest footrace in the State of Maryland.
After the first Race, the Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® was founded in 1993 by Nancy Brinker’s daughter-in-law. The Komen Maryland office is located in Towson, Maryland with a current staff of six. Komen Maryland’s service area includes each county in the state with the exception of Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties. These counties are covered by the National Capitol Area Race.

History:
Susan G. Komen for the Cure was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. With over $1 billion invested to date, Komen is the world’s single largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage — from the causes, to the cures, to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.
In addition to funding national research, Komen and survivors and activists in 125 cities and communities fund community-based breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects for the medically underserved.
For over 25 years, Susan G. 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.

Contact people:

Jennifer Mason, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Lenore Koors, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (410) 321-9308

Address:

11351 McCormick Rd Hunt Valley, MD 21031 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.komenmd.org

Last updated on July 15, 2009