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The 2016 AVON 39 The Walk to End Breast Cancer Chicago
raised $4.1 million to accelerate breast cancer research; improve
access to screening, diagnosis and treatment; and educate
people about breast cancer. Grants were awarded at the
AVON 39 Closing Ceremony to local breast cancer organizations,
ensuring the funds raised immediately benefit the community.
Additional grants continue to be awarded throughout the year,
adding to the more than $62.4 million donated by the Avon
Breast Cancer Crusade to organizations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin since 2000.
BREAST CANCER KEY FACTS AND FIGURES
Every 2 MINUTES
a woman is
diagnosed
with
breast cancer
15%
vs. 85%
85% of those
diagnosed have
no family
history of
breast cancer
THE AVONCARES PROGRAM AT
CANCERCARE HAS SUPPORTED
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS IN
96% OF ALL U.S. COUNTIES
THIS PROGRAM HAS
PROVIDED FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE TO OFFSET
THE COSTS OF
TRANSPORTATION AND
CHILDCARE, ENABLING
81,500
Experts estimate that up to 250,000 people in
the U.S. are living with metastatic breast cancer
(Stage IV), and it remains an incurable condition.
PATIENTS TO GET TO THEIR
ONCOLOGY APPOINTMENTS
More than 40,000 women die from breast cancer
each year.
$2 MILLION
WITH YOUR HELP
THE AVON BREAST CANCER CRUSADE HAS DONATED
$62.4 MILLION+
TO ORGANIZATIONS IN ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MICHIGAN,
MISSOURI & WISCONSIN TO SUPPORT:
Patient
and Nurse
Navigator
Programs
Breast Care
Screening
Programs and
Equipment
Mobile
Mammography
Programs
Breast Cancer
Research
Programs
At organizations including Northwestern Medicine, Sinai Health
System & Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
DONATED NATIONWIDE TO
SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOCUSED
EXCLUSIVELY ON MEETING
THE NEEDS OF THOSE
LIVING WITH METASTATIC
BREAST CANCER
380,000
MEALS PROVIDED FOR
BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN
2016 NATIONALLY
Learn more about the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade at www.AvonBCC.ORG
Donate or Register for AVON 39 at www.AVON39.ORG
#POWEROF39