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United States Embassy Joins with Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Cancer Society of the Bahamas for Historic Race

The United States Embassy in the Bahamas, in partnership with the Cancer Society of the Bahamas and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® made history with the expansion of the Cancer Society’s annual Stride for Life walk in support of breast cancer awareness. The event marks the first time Susan G. Komen for the Cure has partnered on an event in the Caribbean. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit cancer research in The Bahamas.

“Since launching the Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative, we have seen an overwhelming amount of support in our effort to improve the odds for so many Bahamian women through early detection, proper education and excellent care. The turnout for this morning’s walk makes me even more confident we will be able to save the lives of so many young Bahamian mothers, sisters, wives and daughters who are at risk for contracting breast cancer,” said United States Ambassador to the Bahamas Ned L. Siegel.

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and Cynthia Nixon Encourage Nation to “Go Passionately Pink”

Did you hear that actress and breast cancer survivor Cynthia Nixon has teamed up with us in challenging the nation to raise $4.5 million through the Passionately Pink for the Cure® program?

Our Passionately Pink for the Cure® program invites companies, organizations, social groups or individuals to wear pink for a day and donate $5 or more to Komen for the Cure. The program was launched in May and runs through October 2008. Last year, more than 8,000 businesses, schools, places of worship and social organizations went Passionately Pink, raising nearly $4 million for breast cancer research and community health programs.

We encourage you to take part this year by registering today at www.passionatelypink.org.

Celebrity Ambassadors to Convene in Nation's Capital to Help Race for the Cure, End Breast Cancer Forever

Breast cancer advocates and actors/entertainers Cynthia Nixon, Gabrielle Union, Ricardo Chavira and Vanessa Carlton will join Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Affiliates from across the nation next week for events and activities leading up to the 19^th annual Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure® on June 7.

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Announces Largest Grants Slate Ever: $100 Million to Speed Delivery of Breast Cancer Discoveries, Cures

We are awarding more than $100 million in research grants, representing the largest single-year investment in research in our 26-year history and a 30 percent increase over last year’s award total of $77 million. The 2008 grants slate moves us closer to accomplishing our goal of investing another $2 billion in breast cancer research and community health programs by 2017.

With this year’s slate of 143 grants, Komen for the Cure has fully activated new funding mechanisms designed to speed the discovery and delivery of the cures for breast cancer. The 2008 slate funds projects designed to promote breast cancer research collaboration and cost efficiencies, arrive at reliable and replicable research results more quickly, motivate bright young investigators to commit to breast cancer research careers and keep career researchers intensely focused on breast cancer.

Learn more at www.komen.org

Cynthia Nixon to Serve as Ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon, best known for her role as Miranda on the long-running television series Sex and the City, has joined Susan G. Komen for the Cure® as an Ambassador.

The daughter of a two-time breast cancer survivor and a survivor herself, Cynthia will help raise awareness and encourage others to join the movement to end breast cancer forever.

View more at www.komen.org/cynthia

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Passionately Pink for the Cure® Passionately Pink for the Cure® is a program we hope will have everyone seeing pink everywhere you look, every day in October, encouraging millions of people nationwide to get involved in the promise for the cure.

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Komen Race for the Cure® The Komen Race for the Cure® raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, celebrates breast cancer survivorship, and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease.

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