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

2012-2013 Komen Columbus Grants
Total Funding $1,935,852

A Promise to Keep
Organization: Adena Health Foundation
Counties Served: Pike, Ross, Jackson, Fayette, Vinton, Hocking, Lawrence, Scioto, and Pickaway
*Grant program located in Chillicothe, Ohio
Phone: (740)779-7528
E-mail: sjones2@adena.org; dcremeans@adena.org; jingham@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 SE Ohio, focusing on Ross and the surrounding counties.

Project Hoffnung: The Amish & Mennonite Breast Health Project
Organization: Center for Appalachian Research in Cancer Education
Counties Served:  Knox, Muskingum, Fairfield, Pickaway, Ross, Pike and Monroe
*Grant program located in Whipple, Ohio
Phone: 800-614-5857
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
*Grant program located in McArthur, Ohio
Phone: 740-596-5233
E-mail: jstrite@vintonohhealth.org ; cdownard@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+
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
Phone: 888-227-6446 ext. 3104 and ext. 3100
E-mail: kherry.delorenzo@cancer.org ; celeste.lauer@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

The Black Bonnet Project
Organization: The Ohio State University
Counties Served: Gallia, Jackson
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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 Education & Screening for Asian Women
Organization: Asian American Community Services Council
Counties Served:  Franklin+
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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.

Breast Health for Uninsured People of Madison County
Organization: Madison County Health Partners, Inc.
Counties Served:  Madison
*Grant program located in London, Ohio
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

CARE (Cancer Action Recovery Education)
Organization: Berger Health Foundation
Counties Served: Pickaway
*Grant program located in Circleville, Ohio
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
Organization: The Madison County Hospital Foundation
Counties Served:  Madison
*Grant program located in London, Ohio
Phone: 740-845-7884
E-mail: ltaylor@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.

FCMH “Partners in Pink” Mammography Program
Organization : Fayette County Memorial Hospital
Counties Served: Fayette
*Grant program located in Washington Court House, Ohio
Phone: (740) 333-2743 (Central Scheduling)
E-mail: dboggs@fcmh.org (Program Director)
Description: This program will increase education and public awareness about breast health and the importance of early detection. Financial assistance will be available for screening mammograms, transportation, and the program will work to link women to necessary resources if additional follow-up is required.
Eligible Participants: Under- and un-insured women in Fayette County should call central scheduling to determine eligibility.

Genesis Breast Health Initiative
Organization: Genesis HealthCare System
Counties Served: Morgan, Muskingum, Perry+
*Grant program located in Zanesville, Ohio
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 Serverd: Scioto, Pike and Lawrence
*Grant program located in Portsmouth, Ohio
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: Women40 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, and Washington
*Grant program located in Athens, Ohio
Phone: 1-800-844-2654
E-mail: kemperm@ohio.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.

Imaging
Organization: OhioHealth
Counties Served: Franklin+
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
Phone: 614-439-3585
E-mail: lsteele@ohiohealth.com
Description:OhioHealth will offer free breast cancer screening, mammograms and breast health education. In positive diagnosis cases, follow-up diagnostic procedures will be performed.
Eligible Participants: Under/uninsured women &/or women of low socio-economic status &/or minority status.

IMPEDE (Importance of Prevention and Early Detection)
Organization: OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital
Counties Served:  Delaware
*Grant program located in Delaware, Ohio
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+
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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
*Grant program located in Mount Vernon, Ohio
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: All Central and SE Ohio
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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 and provide their treatment recommendations to existing medical team and providers in order to insure a continuum of care.
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
*Grant program located in Lancaster, Ohio
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
*Grant program located in Gallipolis, Ohio
Organization: Holzer Medical Center
Phone: 1-877-422-2396
E-mail:  brobinson@holzerclinic.com ; ksmoore@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

Perry County Breast Health Project
Organization: Perry County Health Department
Counties Served: Perry
*Grant program located in New Lexington, Ohio
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
*Grant program located in Ashland, Kentucky
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: Women40 who are under- or uninsured in Jackson, Lawrence and Scioto Counties.

The Power of Pink
Organization: Memorial Hospital of Union County
Counties Served: Union
*Grant program located in Marysville, Ohio
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.

Power Me Pink
Organization: Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center
Counties Served: Noble, Guernsey, Monroe
*Grant program located in Cambridge, Ohio
Phone: (740) 439-8156
E-mail: JJFannin@seormc.org
Description:   This program will provide education and outreach, as well as early detection services for those residents of Guernsey, Monroe and Noble counties who are uninsured or underinsured. 
Eligible Participants: Under- or Uninsured women in Union County.

PROJECT MAMM (Mailings And Motivations for Mammography)
Organization: YMCA of Ross County
Counties Served: Ross
*Grant program located in Chillicothe, Ohio
Phone: (740) 772-4340
E-mail: lynnbunstine@horizonview.net
Description:   This program will partner with faith-based organizations in Ross County to target African American women with breast health education, screening reminders and referrals.

Proyecto Cancer de Seno en Latinas: The Latina Breast Cancer Project
Organization: OhioHealth Research Institute
Counties Served: Franklin, Deleware, Licking, Fairfield, Pickaway, Madison, Union
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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
*Grant program located in Newark, Ohio
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.

Screening & Education for Underserved Women in Clark County
Organization: The Community Mercy Foundation; Springfield Regional Cancer Center
Counties Served: Clark
*Grant program located in Springfield, Ohio
Phone: (937) 523-5343
E-mail: HAMonnin@Health-Partners.org (project manager)
Description:   This program will provide outreach, transportation assistance, childcare and early detection services to under- and un-insured women in Clark County through screening programs at local churches.
Eligible Participants: Under- and un-insured women in Clark County.

Sister Screen Saver Program
Organization: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Diversity Enhancement Program
Counties Served:  Franklin
1590 North High Street
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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
*Grant program located in Pomeroy, Ohio
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

Together We Can
Organization: Ross County Health District
Counties Served: Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Pike, Lawrence, Jackson, Gallia
*Grant program located in Chillicothe, Ohio
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.

Treatment & Survivorship Support Program
Organization: OhioHealth Foundation
Counties Served: Franklin
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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.

Yes Mamm! Program
Organization: LifeCare Alliance’s Columbus Cancer Clinic
Counties Served: Franklin
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio 
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: Women40 who are under- or uninsured.

You Are Not Alone (YANA)
Organization: The Young Survival Coalition (YSC), Central Ohio
Counties Served:  Franklin+
*Grant program located in Columbus, Ohio
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.