Susan G. Komen Southwest Ohio Information

Komen Southwest Ohio is the local source for funding programs that provide lifesaving research, breast health services, breast cancer education and outreach in out 21 county service area. Since 1997, Komen Southwest Ohio has invested more than $10.3 million in local breast health agencies and organizations, and more then $3.5 million in national research grants. Research is a top priority for Komen Southwest Ohio. We are dedicated to continuing to co-sponsor Dr. Joan Garrett at the University of Cincinnati and her ground breaking research. In the last 2 years Komen Southwest Ohio is proud to have granted Dr. Garrett $300,000 to help further her research. Susan G. Komen was founded on a promise between two sisters. Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $2.8 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.