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Fulfilling the Promise Locally — The Louisville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is one of 125 Affiliates working locally to fulfill the promise of a world without breast cancer. With thousands of volunteers and supporters, the Louisville Affiliate raises money to support breast cancer research and to support services provided to residents of the Greater Louisville & Southern Indiana Metropolitan Area.

While 25% of the funds raised by the Louisville Affiliate support breast cancer research, up to 75% of its funds are awarded in Community Grants to programs serving communities in the Greater Louisville & Southern Indiana Metropolitan Area.  Through events like the annual Komen Louisville Race for the Cure and the Pink Tie Ball, the Louisville Affiliate has invested $2,905,490 in Community Grants since 1997. 

Through the Community Grants Program, the Louisville Affiliate awards grants to non-profit organizations providing breast cancer screening and treatment as well as breast health education to residents in its eight county service area: Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Shelby, Oldham, and Spencer in Kentucky, and Clark and Floyd in Indiana.

The Community Grants Program seeks to reduce breast cancer mortality, especially among those who are disproportionately affected by this disease.

Grants are for a 1-year funding period, beginning April 1 and ending March 31.

2009 Community Grants Awarded

In FY 2008-2009, $449,732 were awarded to the following 14 programs:

Awareness, Prevention and Early Amelioration of Lymphedema Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients/Floyd Memorial Hospital & Health Service provides lymphedema prevention and treatment by education, massage therapy, baseline volume and girth measurement, and early referral to therapy.

Casting for Recovery, Kentucky/Casting for Recovery provides a weekend of psycho-social support and breast health and breast cancer education for survivors as well as exercise to improve dexterity and the range of motion that is compromised by breast cancer surgery.

Cultivando la Salud/Kentucky Cancer Program provides culturally appropriate breast health and breast cancer education to increase screenings and early detection among Hispanic women, by providing trained Hispanic bi-lingual community health outreach workers.

Finding Connections: Reaching Uninsured Women with Mammography/Norton Cancer Institute provides breast cancer screenings and treatment and culturally appropriate education through the mobile prevention center, by meeting the uninsured and underinsured where they live.

Gilda's Club Louisville's Breast Cancer Programming/Gilda's Club Louisville -  provides individual psycho-social counseling, support services, support networking, and educational workshops for breast cancer survivors and their families.

It's In the Genes/James Graham Brown Cancer Center identifies, assesses and tests underinsured and uninsured patients at high risk for mutations to ensure that these individuals and family members can be medically managed and appropriately counseled concerning future healthcare decisions.

Keep In Touch/Junior League of Louisville provides access to breast cancer support networks, weekend retreats, art and movement therapy, and an annual reunion luncheon primarily for recently diagnosed breast cancer patients where they receive breast health and breast cancer education, art and movement therapy, and

Lifting Spirits at Hardin Memorial/Hardin Memorial Hospital provides education to breast cancer patients and financial assistance for the uninsured and underinsured for pet/ct scans, transportation, breast prosthesis and fitting services, compression sleeves.

Living Beyond/Baptist Hospital East provides long-term support, follow-up psycho-social care, and resource information for patients recently diagnosed with metastatic or recurrent breast cancer with special outreach to underserved and minority women.

Louisville & Jefferson County Partnership in Cancer Control/Kentucky Cancer Program provides clinical breast exams and mammograms at public health centers and community locations, follow-up treatment and navigation services, and community-based breast health and breast cancer education targeting women in geographic areas with high incidence, high mortality and low screening rates, including African Americans, non-English speaking, and those with low literacy.

Lymphedema treatment and Support Garments to uninsured or Underinsured Breast Cancer Patients/Norton Cancer Institute increases awareness of the availability of preventive treatment for lymphedema with patient and provider education and increases access to lymphedema treatment and garments to uninsured and underinsured patients undergoing breast cancer treatment that may result with lymphedema.

Prevention and Treatment of Lymphedema for Uninsured and Underinsured women and men Diagnosed with and Treated for Breast Cancer/James Graham Brown Cancer Center offsets costs for prevention and treatment of lymphedema following diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer to reduce potentially debilitating effects and to improve or maintain optimal quality of life.

Securing the Needs of Insured, Underinsured, and Single Low Income Breast Patients/James Graham Brown Cancer Center provides special transportation services, mastectomy bras and prostheses, wigs, and head covers and softy prosthetic camisoles to support uninsured and underinsured breast cancer patients.

You've Got A Friend/Friend for Life Cancer Support Network connects recently diagnosed breast cancer patients with breast cancer survivors who are trained to help patients navigate the path through diagnosis, treatment and recovery.