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About Florida Suncoast Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure

Location:

P. O. Box 12848, St.Petersburg, FL 33733, US

Mission Statement

Susan G. Komen for the Cure 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 Florida Suncoast Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure(r) is dedicated to combating breast cancer at every front. Up to 75 percent of the Affiliate’s net income goes toward funding grants to local hospitals and community organizations that provide breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs for medically underserved women. The remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports the national Komen Grants Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.

The Komen Florida Suncoast Affiliate’s services area covers all of Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota Counties. Thanks to the thousands of people who participant in the Susan G. Komen Florida Suncoast Race for the Cure(r) and other Affiliate events each year, dedicated corporate partners and generous donors, Komen Florida Suncoast is playing a vital role in fighting breast cancer in our community.