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About Us

The Columbus Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a volunteer-driven organization and is led by a group of dedicated board members and volunteers, as well as our staff… Executive Director – Katie Carter, fundraisng coordiantor - Jill Keasel and affiliate administrator - Danielle Wampler.

In 1980, Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and launched the global breast cancer movement.

Today, the same organization -- now known as Susan G. Komen for the Cure -- is the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, we have invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.

The Komen Columbus Affiliate has raised nearly $11 million since it began in 1993 – 75 percent of that money stays in its 23-county service area and is used to conduct breast cancer education, screening and treatment. The other 25 percent goes to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to fund national breast cancer research programs. The Komen Columbus Affiliate ranks tenth out of 108 Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates around the nation and world in race participation. This year marks the 16th anniversary of Komen Columbus and its marquee event, the Komen Columbus Race for the Cure will be held in downtown Columbus on Saturday, May 17, 2008.

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