October 6, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES I & III • Page 15 National Breast CancerAwareness Month When Susan Goodman Komen lost her battle with breast cancer in 1980, her younger sister, Nancy Goodman Brinker, felt that breast cancer patients might live longer if patients were more informed about breast cancer and its treatment. Susan Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer at 33 and died three years later, motivating Nancy Brinker to help speed up research aimed at finding a cure. Within two years of her sister’s death, Brinker had founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, fulfilling a promise made to her sister that she would do everything she could to end breast cancer forever. Since its inception, the foundation, renamed Susan G. Komen for the Cure (R) in 2007, has invested nearly $1.5 billion toward finding a cure for breast cancer and raising awareness about a disease that, aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, is the most common form of cancer among women. In addition to raising money for breast cancer research, Susan G. Komen for the Cure keeps going strong Susan G. Komen for the Cure also continues to raise awareness of the disease. The foundation’s efforts continue to garner it accolades among the thousands of charities in existence today. Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest independent evaluator of charities, has awarded Komen for the Cure its coveted four-star rating more than once, placing the foundation in a select group among charitable organizations. A closer look at breast cancer facts and figures since Komen for the Cure’s inception sheds perhaps the most impressive light on why the charity continues to be among the most successful and noteworthy in the world. In 1982, less than 30 percent of women over age 40 received regular mammograms. That figure now stands at 75 percent. Similarly impressive is the marked improvement in the five-year survival rate, which stood at 74 percent at the foundation’s inception. That figure has now risen to 98 percent. To learn more about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, visit www.komen.org. ��������������������� ������������������������ ������������������������ ����������������� ������������������� Buy 6 Weeks Reducing Program, Get 2 Weeks FREE* Hair Care Family ��������� ����������� ������������������������������� ��������� ����������������� �������� ���������������������� ��������������� ����������������������������������� �������������� CALL NOW! 201-652-4447 24 Godwin Avenue MIDLAND PARK 1973 - 2010 ~ 37 Years of Excellence *Registration and Restart Fee Additional if Aoolicable LOSE 10-20-30 POUNDS or MORE! Offer expires 10-9-10 �������������������� ����������������������is... October ���������� Dear Advertisers, Awareness Month The staff of The Villadom TIMES has chosen this month to offer a focus on Women’s Health Issues and Breast Cancer Awareness. We look forward to your support by including your advertising message in this feature section throughout the month of October, which will afford us the opportunity to inform, share and educate our readers on issues of significance to all of us. Breast Cancer Publication: Deadline: Call the Villadom TIMES today to place October 20 October 13 your advertisement. October 27 October 20 201-652-0744