Grants
Our Grant program is designed and formulated to support organizations in South Dakota that offer education, treatment and services to local residents, particularly the uninsured or medically under-served. The work of our courageous Grantees is crucial and life changing, and brings us closer, day by day, to eradicating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease.
“In 2009, due to the tremendous support of the 1st Annual Susan G. Komen South Dakota Race for the Cure®, we
are able to provide nearly $200,000 to touch the lives of thousands of South Dakotans who have been or will be
affected by breast cancer,” said Virginia Wishard Lambert, executive director of the South Dakota Affiliate of
Susan G. Komen. “To ensure our funds are making the greatest impact, the Komen South Dakota Affiliate works
with local medical experts and community leaders to conduct comprehensive community needs assessments.
We have identified specific, unmet breast health needs within our state and ‘filled in the gaps,’ delivering the lifesaving message of early detection, and providing assistance to medically underserved breast cancer patients and their families.”
The South Dakota agencies receiving 2009 grants are:
All Women Count/Women’s Cancer Network, Pierre, SD to provide mammograms for under-insured
women.
The Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services, Inc, Yankton, SD for breast screening services to clients.
Avera Cancer Institute, Sioux Falls, SD to fund a 12 week survivorship program for focused on holistic
rehabilitation.
Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman’s Health Board, Aberdeen, SD, to provide breast health education,
screenings and pink shawls for breast cancer survivors in six tribal communities in South Dakota.
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Cancer Center, Yankton, SD to educate survivors and primary care
providers about long-term impacts of the disease and recurrence.
Avera St. Benedict Health Center, Parkston, SD for breast health awareness, education and screenings
for rural women.
Faulkton Area Medical Center, Faulkton, SD to provide education and screening services to Hutterite
communities.
John Vucurevich Regional Cancer Care Institute, Rapid City, SD to increase access to women needing
breast cancer treatment in remote locations outside of Pennington County.
Girl Scouts—Dakota Horizons, Sioux Falls, SD to empower Girl Scout members and their families to
make healthy lifestyle choices concerning breast health.
Sanford Breast Health Institute, Sioux Falls, SD to create a comprehensive support program for breast
cancer patients and their families.
Therapeutic Healing Institute, Sioux Falls, SD to provide complementary therapy for breast cancer
patients.
Up to 75 percent of funds raised by the Komen Affiliate remain in the state to fund local breast health education,
and breast cancer screening and treatment programs. Remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports
the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking
breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.
The mission of the Susan G Komen for the Cure is to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. The Foundation runs one of the most innovative, responsive grant programs in breast cancer today. The Affiliate will fund non-duplicative, community-based breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects for the medically underserved in South Dakota.
The Komen Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G.
Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Together, with its Affiliates led by more than 100,000
survivors and activists, Komen is the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting to end
breast cancer forever. As the face and voice of the global breast cancer movement, corporate partners and
generous donors, the Komen Foundation has raised nearly one billion dollars in 25 years for the fight against
breast cancer.
The South Dakota Affiliate will hold its 2nd Annual Race for the Cure on September 27, 2009 in Vermillion, SD.
Funds raised through this event are used to support programs like those listed above. For more information
about grant opportunities or the South Dakota Race for the Cure visit www.komensouthdakota.com or call
605.990-2873.