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WHERE THE MONEY GOES

From its launch in 1992 through 2006, the multi-faceted initiatives of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade have raised and awarded more than $450,000,000 to the breast cancer cause worldwide. Funding is awarded to five areas: breast cancer education and awareness, screening and diagnosis, access to treatment, support services and scientific research. Avon now supports programs for breast cancer in some 50 countries around the world.

- Education, Outreach and Support Services

- Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services
- Medical Research and Clinical Care

- Community and Social Services, including Domestic Violence programs

- Education

- Arts and Humanities

Learn more on Avon's website

Where you donations went to:

Avon Walk New York, NY (October 7 and 8, 2006)

Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund (New York, NY) received $5,985,000 to support grants to 125 nonprofit Community Based Organizations across the country for education and outreach programs nationwide.

Bellevue Hospital Center (New York, NY) received $250,000 to support a new patient navigator staff position to coordinate and improve quality and access to care for underserved women.

CancerCare (New York, NY) received $1.3 million to continue the AVONCares program, which is a national financial assistance program that helps low-income, underserved women gain access to care. The program launched in 2000 and has already assisted 28,000 women fighting breast cancer.

Foundation for the Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry (Dobbs Ferry, NY) received $250,000 to purchase a digital mammography machine and continue the patient navigator program for the Avon Breast Center.

Foundation of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) (Newark, NJ) received $250,000 to support the initiation of a Clinical Research Patient Navigator program.

Gods Love We Deliver (New York, NY) received $200,000 to continue meal delivery service to breast cancer client families. The funds will also support an “Avon Foundation Nutritionist,” as well as the creation of a Spanish version Nutrition Breast Cancer brochure.

Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx, NY) received $250,000 to extend its patient navigator program.

Lutheran Family Health Center (Lutheran Medical Center) (Brooklyn, NY) received $250,000 to support an expansion of breast cancer diagnostic services through the Brooklyn Breast Health Partnership.

Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, NY) received $250,000 to support the outreach and patient navigator program developed in January 2005.

New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (New York, NY) received $1 million to support access to care through the Avon Breast Imaging Center and research through the Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Research Laboratories, both new facilities launched this year. Continued support has enabled the development of a national model for other medical centers to both conduct cutting edge biomedical research and deliver the highest standard of care to underserved populations.

New York University College of Nursing (New York, NY) received $95,000 to support studies focusing on reducing the risk of lymphedema among women with breast cancer.

Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation (Mount Kisco, NY) received $180,000 for their Breast Health Initiative for outreach to underserved women, with a focus on the Latina population.

Queens Hospital Center (Jamaica, NY) received $250,000 to support staff to launch a new digital mammography mobile van to serve Queens County.

St. John's Riverside Hospital (Yonkers, NY) received $250,000 to purchase a digital mammography machine and continue the patient navigator program, named the Avon Breast Care Center.

http://www.avoncompany.com/women/avonfoundation/2006_walk_grants.pdf

National

Avon Foundation Breast Cancer Crusade has raised and distributed over $450 million worldwide from 1992 through 2006 to advance breast cancer research, access to care, diagnostics and screening, support services, and awareness and education programs.

• Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund currently supports 122 community-based organizations ranging from YWCAs to church groups, to raise awareness and secure breast health exams and mammography for underserved populations.

• To date, more than 1,000 grants have been awarded to support community-based nonprofit breast health programs nationwide.

• 600,000 women have received mammograms since 2000, with 45% being African-American or Latina women and two-thirds being low-income.

• 1 million women are reached each year at health fairs and community events with strong messages urging breast health care and regular monitoring.

• AvonCares at CancerCare provides financial assistance and counseling to breast cancer patients undergoing treatment, and has reached 30,000 women with more than $9.5 million in support.

• Avon Foundation is the primary sponsor of the ProjectLEAD program of the National Breast Cancer Coalition to educate and train breast cancer advocates.

• Avon Foundation provides funding for critical partnerships to advance research into possible causes, prevention, diagnostics and treatment with the National Cancer Institute, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, American Association of Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American College of Radiology Imaging Network.

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