Organizations JLS® Supports - Susan G. Komen®

No matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life. Every 60 seconds, someone in the world dies from breast cancer. This year alone, more that 41,000 people in the US will lose their lives and that is unacceptable!

Susan G. Komen is committed to achieving a world without breast cancer. In 1980, Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan, she would do whatever it took to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise turned into the Susan G. Komen® Organization, starting a global movement. According to Komen.org, from $200 and a shoebox full of potential donor names to the world’s largest nonprofit funding the fight against breast cancer. Since 1982, the organization has invested more than $988M in groundbreaking research, $2.2B in education, outreach, advocacy and programs in over 60 countries worldwide. Their efforts are helping reduce deaths from breast cancer by 40% between 1989 and 2016, and won’t stop until their promise is fulfilled.

The Susan G. Komen Organization has transformed the way the world treats and talks about this disease and has brought together the largest and most passionate community.

Why Komen?

• A combination of science, education and direct help to people facing breast cancer has helped lead to a 40% decline in mortality from 1989-2016.
• Komen has funded more breast cancer research over our history than any other nonprofit (more than $988 Million to date, second only to the US government).
• Komen focuses on supporting those with the least amount of resources, uninsured, under-insured and low-income women and men unable to access care.
• Education = Action. Komen educates people about breast cancer where they live, work, play and pray to empower them with information they need to make informed breast care decisions for themselves and as they advocate for others.

Learn more about The Susan G. Komen Organization on their website https://ww5.komen.org/