UAMS Breast Cancer Project Receives $40,000 Avon Grant
| LITTLE ROCK — The Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund has awarded a $39,684.00 one-year grant to The Witness Project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to increase awareness of the life-saving benefits of early detection of breast cancer. It is the second year that the program has received Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund funding.
The Witness Project, part of the Arkansas Cancer Research Center at UAMS, promotes awareness of mammography among African-American women and medically underserved women. Participants “witness” at African-American churches and to civic groups about their triumphs over breast or cervical cancer.
The grant will support Witness Project activities in Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Jefferson, Lee, Lincoln, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, St. Francis, and Pulaski Counties.
The Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund is made possible with a gift from the Avon Foundation, with funds raised by the Avon Beast Cancer Crusade. The Avon Crusade has raised $250,000,000 net worldwide. The wide range of Avon Fundraising programs include sale of special Crusade “pink ribbon” products by Avon independent sales representatives; special events; the Kiss Goodbye to Breast Cancer global campaign; and direct online fundraising.