LET’S END BREAST CANCER

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“Breast cancer touches nearly everyone’s life, including my own. � at is why I am so proud to support Komen Puget Sound’s Race for the Cure as the 2012 Grand Marshall. Join me and Team Sark on Race Day. Breast cancer is one tough opponent, and we are in it to win it! ”

Start a team! There’s strength in numbers and more fun!A Race team is a great way to build morale, support a friend, remember a loved one and maximize your impact in the � ght against breast cancer. Teams can be any type or size:

• Corporate Teams • Healthcare Teams • Friends and Family • Community Organization• School Groups • And more!

� ere is no additional cost to form or join a Race team.Team members do not have to participate in the same event. Become a team captain. Learn how easy it is at www.komenpugetsound.org.

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Donate. Support a Race Participant.Even if you can’t walk or run, you can lend your support. Make a general donation or give to a participant or team. Simply go online to www.komenpugetsound.org to make a donation.

Why it’s important: Reasons to race

Thanks to people like you, last year, the Komen Puget Sound A� liate was able to fund $2 million to local organizations and agencies in Western Washington for breast cancer education, screening, treatment support and research this year. We need to do more. And we need your help!

This past year, funds raised at the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure:

■ Reached 42,000 community members with breast cancer outreach and education programs

■ Provided 13,300 women with lifesaving breast cancer screenings and detected over 200 breast cancers

■ Ensured 825 patients undergoing breast cancer treatment could also pay for their food, shelter and utilities

■ Partnered 256 individuals with patient navigators to guide them through the complex medical system, ensuring access to quality care

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Hispanic/Latina women. In addition, the � ve year overall survival rate is lower for Hispanic women than other women.To address the growing breast health needs of Latina women in our community, Komen Puget Sound has launched an outreach and education program titled “La Mujer Hispana”. � is outreach and education e� ort is one of only six in the United States funded by the Yoplait Save Lids to Save Lives® program. It brings key Hispanic stakeholders together to raise awareness of breast health and the need for early detection of breast cancer among Hispanic women.

Join me and the La Mujer Hispana Race for the Cure team! For more information, email Silvia Kennedy at silvia@pskomen.org.

Servando CurrascoSeattle Sounder Team Captain, Por La Mujer Hispana

Fundraise for the cure. Getting started is easy!Today, due to a lack of funding, roughly 1,000 low-income women in our community are on a waitlist for a lifesaving mammogram. Your Race for the Cure fundraising will help move these women o� the list and on to a cure.

Once you sign up for the Race, you’ll get a customizable fundraising webpage to collect donations online. You will also have access to email templates to help you solicit donations. We will provide you with lots of fundraising tips and you can even “Fundraise on Facebook.”

Make your fundraising e� orts go even further. Ask your donors if their companies have an employee matching gifts program. It doubles the amount you raise. Check our website for details and matching gift guidelines.

Win prizes and rewards!Start earning prizes when you raise just $250. The more you raise, the greater the reward.

Raise $500 to be a Gold Club Member. Receive special recognition online and at the event.

Be a Top 100 Fundraiser! VIP status includes a t-shirt, bib number that re� ects your rank plus other Race Day perks.

All donations received by July 3, 2012, count towards reward redemption.

Por La Mujer Hispana

Raising $150 could fund a lifesaving mammogram through our community grants program.

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Everyone deserves a lifetime - and you deserve the experience of a lifetime!

� e Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure is a 60-mile walk for women and men who want to make a personal di� erence in the � ght to end breast cancer. Participants walk 60 miles in three days and help raise millions of dollars for breast cancer research and patient support programs. Each night of the event, walkers experience an incredible mobile city that’s more than just sleeping tents and warm showers, where they can eat, relax and renew their spirit with their fellow walkers.

We believe that everyone deserves a lifetime. No one should have to live without their mother, daughter, sister, husband or friend. � at’s why we commit to walking 60 miles in three days. � e 3-Day is the boldest breast cancer event of its kind.Register at www.the3day.org.

September 14-16, 2012Greater Seattle Area

Power of a Promise® Luncheon� is year marks the 10th anniversary of � e Power of a Promise Luncheon, now located in downtown Seattle. In� uential community leaders will join together to raise funds to provide lifesaving breast cancer health education, screening, and treatment support for underserved women living in Western Washington.

Be a part of the 10th Anniversary Power of a Promise luncheon. Help ensure all women have access to lifesaving breast cancer screening and if diagnosed, will receive the most e� ective treatment for survival.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.org.

October 24, 2012 The Sheraton Hotel, Seattle

Lunch for the Cure® October 4, 2012 | Tacoma Convention Center

� e Lunch for the Cure has become one of Pierce County’s most important fundraising events. Eight hundred community leaders join together in the promise to end breast cancer, by furthering breast cancer education and awareness, and energizing science in the discovery of the cure.

In 2012, the Lunch for the Cure will be in its 11th year of bringing together community members to make a powerful statement against breast cancer, honoring those who have lost their battle and celebrating survivors.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.org.

Eight hundred Washington women lost their lives to breast cancer last year. With early detection, odds are 98% for survival for � ve years. However, if breast cancer is detected late, with the danger of the cancer spreading, odds for survival drop to just 23%. Now is the time to take charge of your breast health.

Early Detection of Breast Cancer Saves Lives

We want to inspire you to take an active role in your own breast health. Remember:• Know your breast cancer risk • Know what is normal for you• Get screened • Make healthy lifestyle choices

Take Care of Yourself. Monitor your Breast Health.

Annual Survivor Celebration

September 9, 2012Aboard a Holland America Line Ship at Pier 91

Puget Sound breast cancer survivors and co-survivors celebrate their journey with an exceptional experience onboard a luxurious Holland America Line ship.

Guests are treated to an exquisite dining experience, vistas of the Puget Sound, plus an inspirational program and entertainment.

Learn more at www.komenpugetsound.orgwww.komenpugetsound.org

Visit komenpugetsound.org or call 206.633.0303 for more information.

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But what a jolt this 20-year-old Auburn woman, a former Miss Wash-ington Outstanding Teen, got when she fi rst walked into the actual digs in Seattle.

“A tiny hole in the wall,” Knight said with a laugh, “with 12, full-time staff members inside, all women, one man. It was rugged and … so little.”

Sensing the new girl’s confusion vis-a-vis that shabby, underfed, half-pay looking site, one of the employees explained to her: “We give our money to breast cancer. We don’t have money for a nice offi ce.”

Knight’s shock soon faded. Taking its place was a deep and growing appre-ciation for the unyielding dedication to the task at hand of that cramped staff.

“… Those people live, eat and sleep for their jobs, “ Knight said. “It doesn’t matter if they’re sitting in ice-cube sized cubicles. They don’t need a fancy offi ce, they just need to make the lives of others better.”

So does Knight. For her, for them, for everyone involved in the annual Race for the Cure, the battle is personal. And getting to see close up how their efforts translate into good for breast cancer sufferers and for those who love them is a powerful reward.

Knight will proudly lead her team, Queens for a Cure, into Seattle on June 3 for the 5K Susan G. Komen Race for a Cure at the Seattle

Center. The team, co-founded by her and 11-year-old Kennedy Miller, is an offshoot of the yearly benefi t they put on for Susan G. Komen. This year her team will drop at least $15,000 in the bucket to beat breast cancer, making it very productive indeed.

The benefi t is actually a pageant, a

one-day fundraiser held directly for the Race for the Cure. This year it’s going to be in Auburn, Nov. 3 at Green River Community College. Girls compete, and they have the month of October to raise money for breast cancer. Then they come on stage, say a personal introduction and talk about their con-nection to breast cancer.

“Our mission statement is ‘devel-

oping and strengthening women by fundraising for breast cancer.’ So we’ve got like 7-year-olds coming up on stage saying, ‘I’m here today because my nana’s a survivor.’ Then they model, which teaches them confi dence and poise, how to be a lady, how to walk properly, but also how to speak in front of a crowd. So we’re giving them all these tools to grow and fundraise,” Knight said.

Knight, who lives in Auburn, is ma-joring in communications and minoring in non-profi t management at University of Washington Tacoma.

She said she grew up around pageants and cheerleading and split her child-

hood between Auburn and Tacoma. She graduated from Rogers High School in 2010 in the top 20 of her class. She attended Central Washington University in Ellensburg for a year be-fore falling into the benefi t she runs for the foundation and deciding she liked that sort of thing more. She decided that she wanted to take an internship with Komen, so she changed schools

and moved home.

With so many organizations to choose from, why Susan G. Komen?

“... What better way to help out than to save other girls who might be losing their moms?”

Queens for a Cure joins other teams for the June 3 Race for a Cure in Seattle

Victoria Knight had expected to start her internship with the Puget Sound A� liate of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure working in a decent o� ce dotted with a few amenities – plate of mu� ns, here and there a massage chair.

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“I still have my mom, and I’m thankful for that. Because we know we have a family history with breast cancer, we keep up with things. You have to be healthy.”

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“I grew up with a single mom, Heidi Krajewski, before she married my step dad, James,” Knight said, “and I was really heavily reliant on the connection with her. When I was thinking of starting a benefi t for something, I had a friend who also had a single mom whom she lost to breast cancer. Because I have a family history with breast cancer on both of my mom’s paternal and maternal sides, what better way to help out than to save other girls who might be losing their moms? So I started a program that mentors girls as we fund-raise for breast cancer. The idea is that, eventually, people won’t be losing their moms. I still have my mom, and I’m thankful for that. Because we know we have a family history with breast cancer, we keep up with things. You have to be healthy.”

Knight said 75 percent of the donations in the Puget Sound area go right back to local communities, helping women who are in treatment or who have just been diagnosed. The money supports the patients in many ways, for instance, buying them groceries when they are going in for treatment.

“There are all these things that are needed but are not necessarily medi-cal. What’s really cool is that we have such great programs right here, like Fred Hutchinson and the UW. We have these great medical facilities in Seattle, and we actually do see a

lot of the money we raise come back here. And we’re not just talking about women. Remember that for every 40,000 women who have breast can-

cer, 4,000 men do, too,” Knight said.Knight, a full-time medi-

cal clerk and a part-time ac-

tress when she’s not waging war against breast cancer, has seen for herself what the dollars she raises for Susan G. Komen do.

“I’ve seen the impact Susan Komen had on my friend Sam’s mother, Doreen, who passed away four years ago from breast cancer. We saw her go from diagnosis all the way to her losing her battle. Because of her, I’ve met other survivors. I’ve spoken with them and asked them how Komen changed their lives. One woman who’s judged the benefi t told me that she had seen a direct impact from Komen dollars in her health, because they provided support and someone that guides you through your chemo. And if it just impacted Katie, then it

did it’s job.”Knight offers this sugges-

tion.“Join a race team. It’s

one day, and there’s also a sleep-in for the cure, like, if you can’t make the race. It’s the 19th year for this race, so Komen is doing a $19 campaign. That’s an easy donation to make. Every-body has $19 at some time. And if you don’t have a team, come join our Queens For A Cure team, because we will be there. Our team is a bunch of little girls with banners and crowns, and I’ll walking with them. We have been in the top 100 fundraisers for the last few years. The race is a 5K, which is more doable than the 60-mile, three-day event for a lot of people. It’s something that attracts a lot of families. It’s a real grass-roots event, and we always hope for good weather. It’s

fun to bring families out, so everybody come,” Knight said.

– Writer: Robert Whale, Auburn Reporterrwhale@auburn-reporter.com

The Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is granting $1.3 million dollars to the Washington State Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program (BCCHP) to provide breast cancer screenings for low-income women. The fund-ing will immediately provide support for the approximately 1,000 low-income women on a wait list for mammograms in Western Washington.

BCCHP serves high-risk, underserved women, who are low-income, uninsured or un-derinsured.

The grant from Komen Puget Sound enables funding for more than 14,000 breast cancer screenings and diagnostic ser-vices over the coming year.

“As a breast cancer survivor I know how important early detection is,” said Gov. Chris Gregoire.

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With more than 40 years of ex-perience, including a stint as his fashion-designer aunt’s photog-rapher when he was 12 years old, Keith Morgan is now combining his passion for photography with his commitment to end-ing breast cancer.

After being a donor for years, Morgan, a Microsoft employee, began volunteer-ing his time and photography skills to the Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure this year.

“(It’s) my favorite charity,” he said. “I do all I can for them.”

According to the organization’s web-site, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound has invested $23 million to fund local efforts since it was founded in 1992. From fi nancing breast-health education, outreach and research to providing access to mammogram screening, the foundation fosters a community with a “shared a vi-sion of ending breast cancer forever,” the website states.

Morgan is passionate about the foun-dation’s vision; he has family members, friends and co-workers who have been af-fected by breast cancer. In addition, while in college Morgan worked as a part-time orderly in the radiology department at the San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland, Calif.

“Watching so many women go through the diagnosis and treatment, fi rsthand, has made me a strong advocate of early detec-tion,” he wrote in an email. “One way we can all help is by donating our time and resources to organizations such as Ko-men, which are not only helping people to receive diagnosis and treatment, but also working toward a cure.”

Morgan devotes 20 to 40 hours to the foundation per month. While initially he started volunteering as a photographer, he now also helps operate events.

“Producing such large events requires large teams of volunteers to set up (and)

operate, then tear down (and) clean up after the event,” he wrote. “Since I am already attending the events, fi nding ways to help before and after the

events is easy as the Ko-men staff is really fl exible and accommodating to their

volunteer’s needs!”

Jennifer Teeler, volunteer coordinator at Susan G. Komen for the Cure Puget Sound, said Morgan is truly committed to the foundation.

“From the time he fi lled out the volun-teer application, he has jumped in with both feet,” she said. “He takes gorgeous portraits and event shots and is so gener-ous. … He is wonderful to work with.”

While growing up, Morgan wrote, his parents motivated him to volunteer. Today, his employer, Microsoft, also encourages him. Microsoft donates $17 for each hour an employee volunteers to a charity of his or her choice.

“My parents taught me the importance of giving back to a world that has pro-vided so much,” Morgan wrote. “Micro-soft also encourages employees to give back by matching employee contributions, donating cash for hours worked, providing gifts in kind, such as software and cash donations, for which I am also grateful.”

Jim Clune, communications manager for the Puget Sound Affi liate of Susan G. Ko-men for the Cure, said he appreciates the time Morgan donates to the foundation.

“Keith’s talent in photography is matched only by his dedication to the Ko-men mission,” Clune wrote.

Currently, Morgan is fi nishing a series of photographs for the foundation’s annual report and working on the production of a fashion show that will introduce members of “Team Microsoft,” who will participate in the June 3 Komen One Day Race.

“Komen has become a very important charity to me,” Morgan wrote. “I grew up at a time in which one would never openly speak about breast cancer. But today, through the efforts of groups such as Komen, we can more openly address these types of cancer and the work and resources needed to fi nd a cure. Until that cure is found, I am committed to helping raise funds and awareness for this cause.”

For more information, visit www.KomenPugetSound.org.

– Writer: Daron Anderson is a studentin the University of Washington Department

of Communication News Laboratory.

Sta� and supporters of Susan G. Komen for the Cure stand together during Komen Puget Sound Advocacy Day in the State Capitol Rotunda at Olympia.KEITH MORGAN

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Jamie Newbold began her journey in 2004 with the local Susan G. Ko-men foundation when she heard an ad on the radio for a three-day walk. After participating, she soon began volunteering and became a part of the staff three years ago.

Today, Newbold is manager of the annual Race for the Cure for the Puget Sound Affi liate.

“It’s a year-round preparation so my whole world revolves around the race,” Newbold said. “As soon as I fi nish one, I close the books and start the next one.”

The Puget Sound is home to one of 122 affi liate offi ces throughout the U.S. that organizes a 5k run/walk each year to raise money. This year’s event is June 3. Seventy-fi ve percent of the funds are used locally for screen- ings, educa- tion and

treatment support, while

the other 25 percent com-bines with all

other race funds across the country

for global research. “We would really

love to make this the biggest and best race ever,” Newbold said.

Last year’s race raised $1.6 million with 13,000 runners and walkers. Once held at Husky Stadium and Qwest Field, the race has outgrown these venues and takes place at the Seattle Center, where it has been for the past two years.

“What we have here in the North-west is a group of volunteers … (who) are doing everything there is to support the organization behind it, and then we have great media partners,” Newbold said. “I think we can’t go very far with-out talking to someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer.”

This is true for this year’s grand marshal, University of Washington head football coach Steve Sarkisian. His sister-in-law is battling breast cancer. Sarkisian is also a “Pink Tie Guy,” meaning he is part of a program created to lend a male voice in the fi ght against breast cancer and raise aware-ness in the Puget Sound area through their status in the community.

“So many people think it’s only a women’s disease, but the reality is that everyone in your family is fi ght-ing it, and sometimes men get breast cancer, too,” Newbold said.

Newbold receives letters of thanks

from people in the community that she said she never expects, but it keeps her going.

“You walk in and put on an event with 13,000 people, but at the same time you get a thank you from some-body who is going through treatment right now and is making a very diffi -cult decision of ‘Do I pay to put my-self through treatment, or do I keep food on the table for my family?’ ” she said. “You just don’t realize how much a couple hundred dollars can impact people’s lives when they are going through a disease that is really

putting them in a bad place.”And there is no better place than

Seattle to keep fi ghting.“Seattle is very philanthropic and

they are very big on being outdoorsy and being out in the community,” Newbold said. “So when you com-bine the two together with something that has touched so many people, we’ve been able to have such a suc-cessful race year after year.”

– Writer: Erica Thompson is a student in the University of Washington Department of Communication

News Laboratory.

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From the moment a person’s breast cancer diagnosis is con� rmed, she or he is considered a survivor. � oughtful gestures big and small mean so much to survivors, whether they’ve just been diagnosed or completed treatment many years ago. Race Day is an opportunity for us to recognize our survivors for their bravery, and to show them how much they are loved, cherished, and respected.

Special survivor recognition includes a complimentary pink cap and t-shirt

provided by Zeta Tau Alpha. Survivors are also invited to visit the Survivor Celebration Tent located on the Fisher Pavilion roo� op for sparkling cider, pastries, goodie bags, travel prizes, a photo-op and an excellent view of the Race Day festivities! Race Day concludes on an emotional high note with a motivating and inspiring Survivor Parade.

Celebrating Survivors at Race Day

a complimentary pink cap and t-shirt

Dear Fellow Survivor,

Almost two years ago, I was diagnosed

with breast cancer. I was fortunate

that early detection saved my life…

but mine was not the only life

that concerned me. � e life of my

daughter, my mother, my friends and

the women in my community are

equally important. So, I committed

to doing everything in my power to

ensure that every woman, regardless of

her ability to pay, would have access to

the screening, treatment and � nancial

support that saved my life. I also made

the commitment to support research

to � nd a cure, so that nobody would lose their life

to this disease.

I ful� ll my commitment, not only through my

daily work, but also by participating with fellow

survivors in the Komen Puget Sound Race for the

Cure. Last year, 800 breast cancer

survivors joined me to celebrate one

another and to raise critical funds to

ensure there are future generations

of survivors.

Due to a lack of funding, 1,000

underserved women in our

community are on a waitlist for a

needed mammogram, and nearly

800 Washington women will lose

their lives to breast cancer this

year. I have my life, and I want them

to have theirs too.

I encourage you to join me at the 2012 Race

for the Cure. You can look forward to meeting

fellow survivors in the Survivor Celebration Tent,

participating in the Survivor Parade, and wearing

your complimentary pink t-shirt and cap. For me,

the Race is an important opportunity to ful� ll my

commitment to support the women in my life

and to embrace Sister Survivors. As described by

Komen Puget Sound founder the late CJ Taylor-

Day, “the Race is a Celebration of Life”…your life.

Sincerely,

Cheryl ShawKomen Puget Sound Executive Director

CJ Taylor Day at the Race

ensure that every woman, regardless of

her ability to pay, would have access to

support that saved my life. I also made

Cure. Last year, 800 breast cancer

survivors joined me to celebrate one

another and to raise critical funds to

ensure there are future generations

of survivors.

Due to a lack of funding, 1,000

underserved women in our

community are on a waitlist for a

Top Ratings for Financial Stewardship – Five Years RunningKomen Puget Sound Awards $2.1 Million in

Grants to Fight Breast Cancer Locally

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As a breast cancer survivor I know how important early detection is. With about 1,000 women in Washington on a waitlist for needed mammograms, this $1.3 million grant from Komen Puget Sound will help make an immediate and important di� erence for low-income and underserved women in our community. – Washington State Governor Chris Gregoire

“When I started to get pain in my armpit and right breast, I did a self-examination in the shower and found a lump. I was frozen with terror. What was even more frightening to me was the fact that we had no health insurance. A friend’s mom worked for county health and told me about a state program for breast cancer patients without insurance. I called the

Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program and they approved my support right away. � e sense of relief was so incredibly great. I still don’t have the words to say how grateful I am for the help I received and am still receiving. I know that it saved my life. � ank you for the support and keeping these programs going.”

– Michelle Huseby Supported by a grant from Komen Puget Sound

Michelle with husband Garth

Education and Early Detection:Washington State Department of HealthKomen Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnostic Program� is year, Komen Puget Sound is investing $1.3 million dollars to the Washington State Breast, Cervical, and Colon Health Program (BCCHP) to provide breast cancer screenings for low-income women. � e funding will provide lifesaving mammograms to 14,000 low income women living in our region.

Franciscan FoundationBreast Cancer Navigator Program � is funding will improve education and access to screening, diagnosis and treatment for Asian, Paci� c Islander, African American, Hispanic, Native American and sexual minority women in Tacoma/Pierce County.

International Community Health ServicesBreast Health Outreach, Prevention and Education Program � is funding will provide breast health outreach, education and screening to low-income, limited English-speaking Chinese, Filipina, Korean, Mien, Samoan and other Paci� c Islander and Vietnamese women in Seattle/King County.

Lutheran Community Services Northwest – Familias UnidasNuestra Salud � is program promotes breast cancer awareness and screening in the Hispanic/Latino community of Snohomish and Skagit Counties.

Senior Services of Seattle-King CountyBreast Health Education and Screening Program� is funding will provide breast health community outreach and education for seniors, especially women of color.

South Puget Intertribal Planning AgencyNative Women’s Wellness Program� is program provides breast health outreach, education, screening and support to women in rural tribal communities in southwest Washington who rarely or never have been screened for breast cancer.

YWCA of Seattle/King County & Snohomish CountyOpening Doors � is funding will provide education and mobile screenings for medically underserved and low-income African-American, Latina, sexual minority and homeless women.

Patient NavigationCenter for MultiCultural HealthSistah Connection: Patient Navigation for African American Women� is program provides assistance to African American women in King County to increase timely access to diagnostic and treatment services to ensure successful completion of treatment for breast cancer.

Citrine HealthCitrine Health’s Patient NavigatorNavigators will provide assistance to uninsured, low-income and/or rural breast cancer patients in Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, Island and San Juan Counties to increase access to and completion of prescribed treatment.

Mason General HospitalBreast Cancer Patient Navigation and Outreach� is funding will assist breast cancer patients during treatment and provide survivor support, awareness and screening for low-income women, Latinas, and women living in remote rural areas of Mason County.

UW Medicine | School of MedicinePartnering with Patients to Improve Breast Cancer CareFunding to Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington Breast Health Cancer Program at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance will provide patient navigation services to low-income breast cancer patients.

Patient Assistance & Treatment SupportCancer LifelineKomen Patient Assistance FundCancer Lifeline administers Komen Puget Sound funds to provide assistance and support for low-income patients while they are in treatment for breast cancer.

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Investing in Research to Find a Cure – Worldwide and Right Here at Home

Komen Puget Sound is funding groundbreaking research to � nd a cure for breast cancer. Twenty � ve percent of all the money raised locally is pooled and distributed through

Komen National Breast Cancer Research and Training Grants, with some funds returning to medical research facilities within the Puget Sound area.

In 2011, Susan G. Komen spent $66 million in global research for the cure. Komen has invested over $500 million in research since 1982. Komen is the largest non-government funder of breast cancer research in the world.

Every one of the greatest advances in Breast Cancer Research in the last generation have been supported by Komen-funded grants. Komen-supported medical research into targeted therapies developed for hormone-dependent and HER2-positive breast cancers has helped cut breast cancer recurrences by 50%.

Komen National Grant Funds Early Detection Research in Seattle

In March 2012, Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded a $600,000 grant to Dr. Samir Hanash, a researcher with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Hanash hopes to develop a blood test that would be a companion test to mammograms, but more accurate in detecting breast cancer at an early stage when it is most curable.

“Komen’s funding enables us to move the discovery process forward, and demonstrate and validate � ndings much more quickly,”

says Dr. Hanash. “� is research is expensive and rigorous, but the result would be a tremendous breakthrough and bring us closer to 100 percent accuracy in detecting breast cancer through a simple blood test that could be done at any clinic or doctor’s o� ce.”

– Dr. Samir Hanash, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. Samir Hanash

3. Know what is normal for you 9 See your health care provider if you notice any of these

breast changes: • Lump, hard knot or thickening inside the breast • Swelling, warmth, redness or darkening of the breast • Change in the size or shape of the breast • Dimpling or puckering of the skin • Itchy, scaly sore or rash on the nipple • Pulling in of your nipple or other parts of the breast • Nipple discharge that starts suddenly • New pain in one spot that does not go away

4. Make healthy lifestyle choices 9 Maintain a healthy weight 9 Add exercise into your routine 9 Limit alcohol intake 9 Limit postmenopausal hormone use 9 Breastfeed, if you can

1. Know your risk 9 Talk to your family to learn about your family

health history

9 Talk to your doctor about your personal risk of breast cancer

2. Get screened 9 Ask your doctor which screening tests are right for

you if you are at a higher risk

9 Have a mammogram every year starting at age 40 if you are at average risk

9 Have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at age 20, and every year starting at age 40

Breast Self-Awareness

For more information visit our website or call our breast care helpline.

www.komen.org 1-877 GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636)

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Join QFC and the Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure as we raise funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. Ensuring that all women have access to breast cancer early detection and quality treatment support is the ultimate goal, and QFC is committed to seeing this happen.

Understanding the facts about the disease and knowing the warning signs can help protect you and your loved ones. Here are some useful tips:• Talk to your family and learn about your family health history• Complete monthly breast self-exams• Be alert to any changes in your body• Notify your doctor immediately if you notice any changes or have any concerns• Have yearly check-ups and mammograms, as recommended• Spread the word by talking and sharing with mothers, sisters, family and friends. Love and knowledge are powerful weapons in this battle.

QFC is proud to be the Local Presenting Sponsor of this year’s Komen Puget Sound Race for the Cure. We will see you at Seattle Center on June 3rd!