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Home > Lurie Cancer Center and Northwestern University receive $900,000 from
Eighth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Chicago
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The eighth annual Avon Walk Chicago raised more than $7.7 million to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. The event attracted more than 3,400 participants from 45 states, Washington, D.C., and Denmark, including 307 breast cancer survivors, who joined together to raise lifesaving funds and awareness for breast cancer. More than $2.35 million in grants were made to eight local organizations, ensuring the funds raised immediately benefit the community, including:
- The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Avon Walk medical sponsor, and the home of the Avon Foundation Breast Care Center of Excellence and the Avon Breast Cancer Research Laboratories, received $750,000. The new grant will support access to breast care for low income women at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Erie Family Health Center. It will also support research on the effect that naturally occurring pregnancy-related changes have on the development of breast cancer.
- Northwestern University received $150,000 to support research to determine if two biomarkers accurately predict which women are at high risk to develop breast cancer.
The Avon Foundation for Women [a 501(c)(3) public charity] raises and manages funds, which are awarded to local, regional and national breast cancer organizations to support five areas of the breast cancer cause, including awareness and education, screening and diagnosis, access to treatment, support services, and scientific research, all with a focus on the medically underserved. Donations are still being accepted for the Avon Walk Chicago, and registration is still open for women and men to take part in the remaining Avon Walks of 2010. To register, donate or for additional information, visit www.avonwalk.org.
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