So now I feel secure and safe knowing I am being screened regularly and yet not having to do a mammogram every year. One hundred thirty will receive treatment for their infections.

I soon had an appointment with my Oncologist where I mentioned my dream and my dilemma. We had only been married 2 ½ years and had our son just over a year earlier. Location: Columbus, OH in Oviedo, Copyright 2018 Florida Breast Cancer Foundation | All Rights Reserved The Florida Breast Cancer Foundation is a qualified 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. I am now able to pay other bills that have now gotten behind. Grant Amount: $25,000.

The project aims to reduce rates of hepatitis C transmission and prevent liver cancer through the provision of culturally competent prevention services. Organization: Emory University School of Medicine Grant Amount: $10,000. Location: Doylestown, PA Location: Shreveport, LA Organization: Gulfcoast South Area Health Education Center, Inc. Named Grant: Awesome Games Done Quick Through partnerships in the Shreveport area and outlying rural parishes, the  program will enable participants to access services closer to home. The process went so smoothly, and the ladies at Mobile Thermographic Imaging are the sweetest around too. It is stressful enough to know that something unhealthy is going on with your body besides not having the money to check it out. After a careful and thorough assessment of the client’s needs, UBCF constructs a grant that will best serve the needs of the client.

I wanted to take a moment to express my gratitude to the UBC Foundation for the grant I received. Breast Cancer Alliance invites clinical doctors and research scientists at any stage of their careers whose primary focus is breast cancer to apply for an Exceptional Project Grant. Project Director: Jodie Fetsch This award recognizes creative, unique and innovative research and is open to applicants at institutions throughout the contiguous United States. The Prevent Cancer Foundation is committed to Stop Cancer Before It Starts!® through our four pillars: Organizations across the U.S. are doing extraordinary work to get at-risk communities the education, screenings and vaccinations they need to prevent cancer or detect it early.

Thank you so much and God bless for all the women you are helping! I’m so appreciative and grateful that UBCF has a program that helps cancer patients, not only financially, but emotionally and informatively too. Organization: Women’s Resource Center

This has been a very hard time in my life and having UBCF by my side has allowed me to deal with the hard times of going through breast cancer. Liver cancer education brochures will also be provided to 3,000 at-risk community members. The project will utilize bilingual community health workers based in health centers to increase screening rates for breast, cervical and colorectal cancers among residents in rural northwest Michigan. I continued with self, home exams, but feared it wasn’t enough. In partnership with the local county health department and community collaborators, this project will provide cervical and breast cancer education, screening and navigation support to 300 Bhutanese refugee women in King and Snohomish counties in Washington state. The project also plans to reach nearly 200,000 households through a #cancerhatesthat television media campaign focused on colorectal cancer. Applicants will be informed by mid-May 2020 whether they have been invited to proceed with a formal application. Grant Amount: $25,000. I owe a large amount to my radiation oncologist {Oncology Consultants).

In these extraordinary times, Breast Cancer Alliance aims to be realistic regarding our 2021 grant capacity. HPV vaccination rates in Kentucky are significantly lower than the national rate. Location: Tampa, Fla. Please be advised that the application and review process can take up to 12 weeks. Thank you again for the gift of survival.

March 2016 was the repeat mammogram and the results came back showing it was Cancer this time.

The United Breast Cancer Foundation Mission UBCF’s mission is to make a positive impact for breast cancer patients. Grant Amount: $25,000.

Words cannot say thanks enough, not only for the financial support but the heart-felt people that I have spoken with during the process of applying to UBCF. I’m so grateful that UBCF is available for helping others like me and to know we have support. Nevada Health Centers will utilize their mobile mammography unit to provide mammography screenings to women who otherwise would not have access to them. Cancer is often termed a disease, defined as an abnormal condition that impairs bodily functions. My only option now is to have fat & skin removed from another site (w/4 surgeries at the breast site, there’s no more skin available for stretching). Thanks to UBCF, I now have a choice again! This has helped me so much.

Organization: Utah Department of Health Full applications for the Young Investigator Grant are due on or before July 24, 2020. Project Director Andrea Geduld The Van will reach women in need by going to local grocery stores, churches and community centers. In other words, I didn’t need to justify disease prevention, instead, I was given assistance to look out for myself just because I chose to. Here at UBCF, we believe it is critical that a patient be treated as a whole person, therefore, we approach cancer prevention, treatment, and recovery from a whole-body perspective.

Location: Gastonia, N.C. Upstate Foundation will pilot the “WE MATTER” project to demonstrate the effectiveness of using trained Resident Health Advocates (RHAs) to reduce colorectal cancer disparities and increase colorectal cancer screening in low-income, primarily African-American men and women through peer outreach, education, screening and navigation. I not only created a clear baseline, but also gained reassurance that my $1000 plus round of testing was indeed a phantom chase, just like my long ago past. The proposed projects must be aligned with our mission to support community projects or programs across the United States that focus on helping to prevent cancer or find it earlier and that demonstrate a potential to make a positive impact, especially in underserved communities.. Grant Information. I appreciate your help and kindness and will never forget your generosity. With no resources to pursue diagnostic tests, I searched the web, both for information about breast cancer and available assistance. The scholarship is specifically designed to help turn higher education dreams into reality for students who have suffered the loss of a parent or guardian due to breast cancer. Kindly submit your Pay It Forward Contribution of $5.00 below in order to access the Breast Screening Program application. The United Breast Cancer Foundation (UBCF) stepped in to help when neither my insurance company nor my doctor supported an alternative methodology of getting screened.

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL, OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.
After going through several surgeries and treatments the past couple of years, I realized I wanted to be able to help others diagnosed with cancer, having been through it myself. I am a single mom and recent breast cancer survivor.

Location: Shelby, MI Organization: Health Care for the Homeless

Grant Amount: $25,000. Grant Amount: $25,000. Location: Midlothian, VA I stopped wearing underwire bras, changed to a healthier diet and the cysts disappeared. Organization Upstate Foundation Organization: Chicago Family Health Center (CFHC) The program will provide knowledge regarding the most common AYA cancers, the signs and symptoms associated with them, and ways to prevent these cancers. I was mentally and physically drained. Institutions should only put forth applicants who are US citizens, are a MD, and have successfully completed a general surgery residency at a US medical center. The reason why I love UBCF is that everyone that I have spoken with is very encouraging and positive.

One way to address these disparities is to increase screening amongst American Indians. Location: Chicago, IL
Location: Iowa City, IA There are plenty of stories that we know of when women just knew that something additional needed to be done when it came to protecting their health. I’m a caregiver for my Aunt and I live off her money since I take care of her, yes two broke old golden girls. I have little faith in conventional doctors and THANK THE DEAR LORD each day for bringing Dr. Bowmen & and my other caretakers (Kitty & Sherry) at Harford Holistic Center to me. The Skin Cancer Institute’s Project, Hats On, will provide parents of young children with information about skin cancer and sun protection to strengthen sun-safety habits for both their babies and themselves.

Puerto Rican Unity for Progress, Inc., will provide breast health education and assistance with breast services to at least 500 Latina women in Camden County, New Jersey. The grant that United Breast Cancer Foundation approved is a God send. Location: Los Angeles, CA I will never be able to express how thankful I am to the United Breast Cancer Foundation for giving me my life back. Location: New York, NY Grant Amount: $25,000.

I am so very Thankful.

Organization Nevada Health Centers, Inc. IRS law prohibits United Breast Cancer Foundation and other staff from appraising materials or UBCF paying for or arranging for appraisals.