Best Chance To Fight Breast Cancer

  Last month, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control lowered the Best Chance Network eligibility age from 47 to 40, making the program consistent with American Cancer Society screening guidelines.
  The Best Chance Network is a part of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and implemented through the S. C. Department of Health and Environmental Control and the American Cancer Society. Since 1991, the Best Chance Network has received federal funding to screen eligible women.  This is the first time state funds have been allocated for screening.
  Cancer survivors and advocates today applauded members of the S.C. General Assembly for expanding the Best Chance Network, a program providing critical breast and cervical cancer screening for low-income, uninsured South Carolina women.
  This first-ever state allocation of $2 million provides an additional 9,000 women with access to life-saving cancer screening.

  If you live in the local area and need a mammogram and you are uninsured or need help can, call the Komen Charleston affilliate office at 843-556-8011. They are available to provide information on local breast health resources available throughout the Lowcountry.

  Last year’s Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure® was a great success and raised half a million dollars! We had an amazing turnout with more than 5,500 participants. We hope you will join us this year and help make 2008 a record year for the Lowcountry. Together we can prove to the world that we are committed to a cure!

Date: October 18, 2008
Time: 8 a.m.
Place: Daniel Island, SC directions
Schedule:
7 a.m. - Pretty in Pink Cafe (Survivor Cafe), Expo and Late Registration Open
8 a.m. - Survivor Celebration followed by Warm-up
8:30 a.m. - One-mile Run/Walk
9:10 a.m. - 5K Run/Walk
10 a.m. - Awards Ceremony