Current Grant Recipients

These projects have been selected by our independent Grant Review Panel as those that will have the greatest impact in serving uninsured or underinsured women in our service area. Please note that Susan G. Komen for the Cure is not a direct service provider.

List of Current Community Grant Recipients

2011-2012 Komen Columbus Grants
Total Funding $1,518,565

A Promise to Keep
Organization: Adena Health Foundation

Counties Served: Pike, Ross, Jackson, Fayette, Vinton, Hocking, Lawrence, Scioto, and Pickaway 
Chillicothe, OH

Phone: (740) 779-7528

E-mail: jingham@adena.org; dcremeans@adena.org; ecrago@adena.org 

Description: This grant will offer breast screening and patient navigation services for underserved women in Southeastern Ohio. 

Eligible Participants: Underserved/Under-insured women in the target counties listed.

ACE That Mammogram: Reducing Issues Related to Access, Cost and Expertise

Organization: James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute

Counties Served: All

Columbus, OH 

Phone: 614-293-0010

E-mail: joanne.lester@osumc.edu; susan.brown3@osumc.edu

Description: This grant seeks to offer digital mobile mammography, clinical breast exams and nurse navigation aboard the OSU Mobile Unit. The mobile services will target women in a variety of outlying areas and will coordinate and partner with other grant organizations to increase screening activity in underserved areas.

Eligible Participants: Underserved/Under-insured women in the Komen Columbus service area.

The Amish & Mennonite Breast Health Project

Organization: Gateway Fellowship Church

Counties Served: Knox, Muskingum, Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross, Pike and Monroe

Millersburg, OH

Phone: 877-463-3686

E-mail: projecthoffnung@yahoo.com
Description: This project will offer culturally competent and sensitive education and patient services to Amish women in the target counties listed. Mobile mammography and follow-up navigation will be provided.
Eligible Participants: Amish women in Knox, Muskingum, Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross, Pike and Monroe counties.

BEAP (Breast Education & Awareness Project)

Organization: Vinton County Health Department

Counties Served: Vinton, Hocking

McArthur, OH 

Phone: 740-596-5233

E-mail: jstrite@vintonohhealth.org; psatory@vintonohhealth.org

Description: The goal of this program is to educate underserved/low-income women regarding health issues, to raise breast cancer awareness and provide mammograms. 

Eligible Participants: Women over 30 with limited financial resources in Vinton or Hocking Counties.

BEST  (Breast Education & Screening Together)

Organization: American Cancer Society

Counties Served: Franklin+

Columbus, OH 

Phone: 888-227-6446 x3104

E-mail: kherry.delorenzo@cancer.org 

Description: The BEST Program for Women was developed and implemented in 1992 to provide screening mammograms and early breast cancer detection opportunities for low income, uninsured women. 

Eligible Participants: Women <64 years old, at or below 250% of the federal poverty level in Central Ohio.

BHESAW IV  (Breast Health Education & Screening of Asian Women)

Organization: Asian American Community Services Council

Counties Served: Franklin+


Columbus, OH

Phone: 614-402-3384; 614-236-6382

E-mail: msankarappa@yahoo.com; professormunoz@yahoo.com

Description: This project targets Asian Women, using community health advocates to serve as community liaisons and interpreters during breast health education and mammograms.

Eligible Participants: Asian American and Pacific Islander women of any ethnicity in Central Ohio.


The Black Bonnet Project

Organization: The Ohio State University

Counties Served: Gallia, Jackson

1590 North High Street, Suite 525

Columbus, OH 43201

Phone: 614-293-6603

E-mail: mira.katz@osumc.edu

Description: This program will provide breast health education and screening information, as well as clinical breast exams and free screening mammography to Amish women in Southeastern Ohio. The project will coordinate with local partners to provide culturally competent and sensitive education and patient referrals to women who belong to the local Amish community.

Eligible Participants: Amish women in Southeastern Ohio.


Breast Health for Uninsured People of Madison County

Organization: Madison County Health Partners, Inc.

Counties Served: Madison

London, OH 

Phone: 740-845-7286

E-mail: mcanney@mch-ohio.org

Description: The Madison County Health Partners Free Clinic will provide mammograms and breast health education to uninsured women in Madison County.

Eligible Participants: Women <64 years old, at or below 200% of the federal poverty level in Madison County.

Breast Health Project

Organization: Memorial Hospital Foundation (Marietta Memorial Hospital)

Counties Served: Washington

Marietta, OH 

Phone: 740-568-5461

E-mail: kdye@mmhospital.org

Description: The Breast Health Project provides screening mammograms to uninsured women ages 40 and older in Appalachian Washington County.
Eligible Participants: Women >40 years old, under- or uninsured in Washington County.
 


BRIDGES on the PATH to Wellness

Organization: OhioHealth Foundation

Counties Served: Franklin

Columbus, OH 

Phone: 614-566-2737

E-mail: prudmose@ohiohealth.com

Description: The program will partner with community agencies to provide a continuum and expansion of post treatment services for breast cancer survivors with low-income and women from minority communities throughout central Ohio. This program will also try to reduce and remove obstacles that women with breast cancer encounter by providing women in need with vouchers for medications, transportation, gas cards and lodging during treatment and other supplies needed during and after treatment. 

Eligible Participants: Under- or Unisured women in Central Ohio who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and require financial assistance with medical services or associated costs.



CARE (Cancer Action Recovery Education)

Organization: Berger Health Foundation

Counties Served: Pickaway
Circleville, OH

Phone: 740-420-8209

E-mail: jerad.wood@bergerhealth.com

Description: This grant will utilize a breast health nurse to offer breast health education, mammograms and further diagnostic screenings to underserved/low-income women. 

Eligible Participants: Under- or uninsured women in Pickaway County.

Cure Your Fears: Breast Cancer Education, Screening and Treatment Program

Organization: The Battelle Breast Care Center at Madison County Hospital c/o The Madison County Hospital Foundation

Counties Served:  Madison

London, OH 

Phone: 740-845-7884

E-mail: mflax@mch-ohio.org
Description: Cure Your Fears will offer under-insured women in Madison County awareness, education, clinical breast exams, mammograms and treatment assistance.

Eligible Participants: Women with insufficient insurance coverage in Madison County.

Genesis Breast Health Initiative

Organization: Genesis HealthCare System

Counties Served: Morgan, Muskingum, Perry+

Zanesville, OH

Phone: 740-454-5444

E-mail: sparker@genesishcs.org

Description: This program will provide breast health education and breast screening services to women in Morgan, Muskingum and Perry Counties, targeting women who do not have the funds to obtain annual breast mammography due to their uninsured or under-insured status.

Eligible Participants: Women ineligible for BCCP or Medicare; women with a family history of
breast or ovarian cancer, a suspicious lump or symptom of breast cancer, under- or uninsured, at or below 300% of the federal poverty status.


Hands of Hope

Organization: Southern Ohio Medical Center

Counties Served: Scioto, Pike and Lawrence

Portsmouth, OH

Phone: 740-356-PINK, 740-356-5000

E-mail: richendk@somc.org
Description: This program will educate women ages 40 and older living in Scioto, Pike and Lawrence counties about the importance of breast cancer early detection. The program will also provide screening mammograms to uninsured women 40 to 49 and will hire a nurse navigator to provide home visits to post mastectomy patients.

Eligible Participants: Women <40 with a family history of breast cancer or suspicious lump or breast cancer symptom; Women >40 who are under- or uninsured in Scioto County.


Healthy Adult Project: Breast Screening Program

Organization: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Counties Served:  Athens, Vinton, Monroe, Pike, Meigs, Morgan, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Noble, Scioto, Perry, Hocking, Ross, Washington

Athens, OH 

Phone: 1-800-844-2654

E-mail: johnsonca@ohiou.edu
Description: This program will provide services on a fully-equipped mobile unit that travels throughout southeastern Ohio. The focus will be on women 40 and older, but the program is not limited to this age group.

Eligible Participants: Under- or Unisured women in Southeastern Ohio.

IMPEDE (Importance of Prevention and Early Detection)

Organization: OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital

Counties Served:  Delaware

Delaware, OH 

Phone: 740-615-2033

E-mail: fclark2@ohiohealth.com
Description: The overall goal of the IMPEDE program is to educate women in Delaware County on the importance of prevention and early detection of breast cancer and support and assist women diagnosed with the disease. 

Eligible Participants: Under- or Uninsured women in Delaware County.

Mount Carmel Breast Cancer Survivorship Program

Organization: Mount Carmel HealthSystem Foundation

Counties Served: Franklin+

Columbus, OH 

Phone: 614-234-2920

E-mail: wcarey@mchs.com (Screening services); sinzetta@mchs.com (Aquatic & Lymphedema support); lkeller@mchs.com (Exercise program); lcampise@mchs.com (General grant info)

Description: Early detection save lives. This program aims to address two barriers to mammograms for women—cost and access, as well as covering costs for certain follow-up treatments. The program will also offer a variety of survivorship support options for breast cancer survivors. Survivorship support services include: aquatic classes, Survivor Arm Clinics and individualized assessment for prevention and management of lymphedema, exercise and yoga classes.
Eligible Participants: Underinsured women and/or breast cancer survivors in Central Ohio

Mother, Daughter, Sister and Friends Project

Organization: Knox Community Hospital

Counties Served: Knox

Mount Vernon, OH

Phone: 740-393-9086

E-mail: becky.dangelo@knoxcommhosp.org

Description: This grant will utilize a breast health nurse to offer breast health education, mammograms and further diagnostic screenings to underserved/low-income women.

Eligible Participants: Under- or Uninsured women in Knox County.

OhioHealth's Breast Health Second Opinion Clinic

Organization: OhioHealth Foundation

Counties Served: Franklin

Columbus, OH 

Phone:  614-566-4321 or 1-800-752-9119

E-mail: prudmose@ohiohealth.com
Description: This free weekly clinic provides women a second opinion on diagnosis and treatment. Uses a group of multi-specialty physicians and professions that meet with the patient to review her case.

Eligible Participants: Women diagnosed with breast cancer in Central Ohio who would like a second opinion before treatment.

No Excuses! : A Breast Screening and Health Awareness Project

Organization: Fairfield Regional Medical Center Foundation

Counties Served: Fairfield, Hocking, Perry

Lancaster, OH 

Phone:  740-687-8863

E-mail: joycecox@fmchealth.org

Description: This program will offer education, outreach and screening assistance.
Eligible Participants: Under- and un-insured women in Fairfield, Hocking and Perry counties.

Operation “Pink Out” Strengthening the Safety Net

Organization: Holzer Medical Center

Counties Served: Gallia, Jackson, Vinton

Gallipolis, OH 

Organization: Holzer Medical Center
Phone: 1-877-422-2396

E-mail: brobinson@holzerclinic.com
Description: The program will provide community-wide breast health education and risk assessment screenings for underserved women ages 50 and younger. 

Eligible Participants: Women >50 years old who are ineligible for BCCP; women <50 years old who are under- or uninsured in Gallia, Jackson and Vinton Counties.

Perry County Breast Health Project 

Organization: Perry County Health Department

Counties Served: Perry

New Lexington, OH 

Phone: 740-342-5179

E-mail: Deborah.Raney@odh.ohio.gov
Description:  This program will provide education, transportation assistance and patient navigation services to underserved women and breast cancer patients.

Eligible Participants: Underserved and uninsured women in Perry County.

Pink Ribbon Initiative

Organization: King's Daughters Medical Center Community Services

Counties Served: Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto
Ashland, KY 

Phone: 1-888-377-5362

E-mail: debbie.miller@kdmc.net
Description: This program will provide screening mammography and education to underserved women with a specific plan for sending annual reminders.

Eligible Participants: Women <40 with a family history of breast cancer or suspicious lump or breast cancer symptom; Women >40 who are under- or uninsured in Jackson, Lawrence and Scioto Counties.

Power Me Pink

Organization: Southeastern Regional Medical Center
Counties Served: Guernsey, Noble and Monroe

Cambridge, OH

Phone: 740-439-8156

E-mail: bwhee@seormc.org

Description: This program will educate underserved/low income women regarding health issues to raise breast cancer awareness as well as provide mammogram screenings for those who cannot afford to have them done. The project will empower women to take charge of their own health care by encouraging them to learn how to do self-breast exam and get screening mammogram.

Eligible Participants: Women in Guernsey, Noble and Monroe counties that are between  250% and 300% poverty level.

The Power of Pink

Organization: Memorial Hospital of Union County

Counties Served: Union

Marysville, OH 

Phone: 937-578-2488

E-mail: suzanne.selvaggio@memorialhosp.org
Description: This program will provide direct-care services including screening, diagnostic and breast ultrasounds for those residents of the Memorial Hospital of Union County service area who are uninsured or underinsured.  Also provides educational awareness and employee incentive programs.

Eligible Participants: Under- or Uninsured women in Union County.

Proyecto Cancer de Seno en Latinas: The Latina Breast Cancer Project

Organization: OhioHealth Research Institute

Counties Served: Franklin, Deleware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison, Union

Teléfono: 614-566-3957    

Email:  thomam3@ohiohealth.com; adelap3@ohiohealth.com (Espanol)
Description: This program will address the breast health needs of the Latino community by aiming to increase screenings by connecting Latina women to already existing screening services through community educational programs and through use of a hotline.

Eligible Participants: Latina women in Central Ohio.

SASS (Screening and Survivor Support for Breast Cancer)

Organization: Licking County Health Department; Public Health Partnership, Inc.

Counties Served:  Licking

Newark, OH

Phone: 740-349-6535

E-mail: mrichardson@lickingcohealth.org; msutliff@lickingcohealth.org
Description: The Public Health Partnership of Licking County along with the Licking County Health Department will partner in a program to educate and create awareness on the affects of breast cancer to those Licking County residents who have been affected in any way by breast cancer. 

Eligible Participants: Under- or Uninsured women in Licking County.

Sister Screen Saver Program

Organization: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Diversity Enhancement Program

Counties Served:  Franklin

1590 North High Street

Columbus, OH 43201

Phone: 614-293-2883

E-mail: chasity.cooper@osumc.edu

Description: In an effort to reduce the health disparity in breast cancer among African American women, this program aims to provide on-site mobile mammography screening services at local community churches and use culturally tailored information to educate African-American women about breast cancer prevention and early detection. The program will also be able to provide information on local resources where free or low-cost mammograms and support services can be obtained.

Eligible Participants: African American women in Franklin county.

Think Pink

Organization: Meigs County Cancer Initiative (MCCI)

Counties Served:  Meigs

Pomeroy, OH 45769

Phone: 740-992-2161 x236

E-mail: retirednurse619@yahoo.com
Description: The Think Pink Project for women ages 40 and older residing in Meigs County will enable the Meigs County Cancer Initiative to implement a community tailored approach to raise awareness and provide education about breast health as well as increase mammography screening rates among women in Meigs County.

Eligible Participants: Women >35 years old, or <35 years old with a family history of breast cancer, and at or below 300% of the federal poverty level in Meigs County.

Together We Can

Organization: Ross County Health District

Counties Served: Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Pike, Lawrence, Jackson, Gallia

475 Western Avenue, Suite A

Chillicothe, OH 45601

Phone: 1-800-944-2232 or 740-779-0783

Email: nwax@rosscountyhealth.com

Description: This program will provide screening and education services to a rural, Appalachian population of women ages 40-64 who are at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level and who are uninsured and residing in Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Ross, Scioto or Vinton counties.

Eligible Participants: Women at or below 250% of the federal poverty level in Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Pike, Lawrence, Jackson or Gallia Counties.

Yes Mamm! Program

Organization: LifeCare Alliance’s Columbus Cancer Clinic

Counties Served: Franklin

Columbus, OH 
Phone: 614-437-2839
E-mail: mmatthews@lifecarealliance.org
Description: This program will provide 1,600 mammograms to women ages 40 and older or women with a family history of breast cancer with an emphasis on women who live in areas south of I-70 in Franklin County, are minority, and/or uninsured or under-insured.

Eligible Participants: Women <40 with a family history of breast cancer; Women >40 who are under- or uninsured.

You Are Not Alone (YANA)
Organization: The Young Survival Coalition (YSC), Central Ohio

Counties Served:  Franklin+

Columbus, OH

Phone: 614-470-0300

E-mail: jwhaley@youngsurvival.org
Description: This project will offer educational resources, assistance and social support to young women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Eligible Participants: Women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 40.