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For more than 20 years, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been a global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a network of U.S. and international Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world.

The Lowcountry Affiliate strives to educate the community about the risk of breast cancer. We also dedicate ourselves to supporting organizations and programs that promote education, outreach, treatment support, or screening projects targeting services not otherwise available to the medically underserved populations. Since our establishment we have provided more than one million dollars in grant funding to our region.

Description:
The Lowcountry Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation Breast Cancer Foundation, is an independent, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization devoted to advancing the mission of the national Komen Foundation by supporting local education, screening and treatment programs, while also continuing to invest in national research initiatives. Seventy-five percent of the money we raise locally is re-invested in local projects and initiatives within our 12-county service area, which includes the following counties:

Allendale
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkeley
Charleston
Colleton
Dorchester
Georgetown
Hampton
Jasper
Orangeburg

The remaining 25 percent of funds raised locally, support the national Komen Foundation's award and research grant programs, which have in turn funded some of the most significant breast cancer medical investigations of the last 20 years.

Our local affiliate is led by a working board of dedicated volunteers from the community. The board of directors meets on a monthly basis and individual committes meet as needed in order to support our year-round calendar of events.

Our committees include:

Executive
Grants
Education
Volunteer
Development
PR/Communications
Special Events
Fundraising
Board Development
Service Area Outreach
Survivor

The Lowcountry Affiliate strives to educate the community about the risk of breast cancer. We also dedicate ourselves to supporting organizations and programs that promote education, outreach, treatment support, or screening projects targeting services not otherwise available to the medically underserved populations. Since our establishment we have provided more than one million dollars in grant funding to our region.

History:
1982 The Komen Foundation holds its first fundraising event, a women's polo tournament and lawn party, and awards its first grants totaling $30,000 to M.D. Anderson in Houston and Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.

1983 The first Komen Race for the Cure is held in Dallas, with 800 participants. 2005 The Komen Race for the Cure Series, the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, includes more than 100 Races in the U.S. and three international Races. This year, more than 1 million people are expected to participate in the Komen Foundation's signature awareness and fundraising event.

1989 The Komen Foundation expands its grassroots approach by adding its first "chapter" outside of the Dallas area in San Francisco. Chapters are renamed Affiliates six years later.

1989 1.800 I'M AWARE?, the Komen Foundation's National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline, is established to provide callers response to questions, local resources and moral support.

2005 Together with its Affiliate Network, corporate partners and generous donors, the Komen Foundation has invested more than $500 million for the fight against breast cancer. More than 80 cents of every dollar spent by the Komen Foundation supports mission programs and services.

2005 The Komen Foundation has more than 75,000 active volunteers working through a network of more than 100 U.S. and international Affiliates, making it one of the most progressive grassroots organizations in breast cancer today.

2005 The 1.800 I'M AWARE? Helpline is answered by trained, caring volunteers whose lives have been personally touched by breast cancer. Patients and their loved ones receive information on a wide range of breast health and breast cancer issues in both English and Spanish.

For more than 20 years, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been a global leader in the fight against breast cancer through its support of innovative research and community-based outreach programs. Working through a network of U.S. and international Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure®, the Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world.

Contact people:

Taffy Tamblyn, Executive Director, (email) Sharon Weiner, Volunteer Chair, (phone), (email) Francie Redding, Race Chair, (email)

Office fax number: (843) 556-8021

Address:

1930 Charlie Hall Blvd. Charleston, SC 29414 (See a map)

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

Directions:

Glenn McConnell Parkway to Charlie Hall Blvd.   Nearest Bus Stop: Glenn McConnell/Magwood, 5-10 minutes minute walk