Panhandle Health District

                                                            8500 N. Atlas Road         Hayden, Idaho  83835

www.phd1.idaho.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      Date:     August 27, 2010                        

Contact:                                                                        Released by: Jeanne Bock, Director                     

Cynthia Taggart

Public Information Officer

(208) 415-5108

(208) 818-7288 (cell)

Komen Race Funds Local Breast Cancer Fight

Hayden – Susan G. Komen for the Cure® enabled Panhandle Health District (PHD) to pay for 530 mammograms, 105 breast ultrasounds and 20 surgical consults and/or procedures during the 2009-2010 grant year.

              Of the 501 women screened during that grant year, six were diagnosed with breast cancer and received treatment.

              The Race for the Cure in Coeur d’Alene is the primary fund-raiser for the fight against breast cancer in this area. The Coeur d’Alene Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® grants to Idaho’s fight against breast cancer 75 percent of the net proceeds it raises. The remaining 25 percent goes to the national Komen program to fund research.

              This year’s Race for the Cure in Coeur d’Alene is Sunday, Sept. 26. The run starts and ends at North Idaho College.

              PHD has received Komen funding for 11 years. With the funding, PHD provides breast screening exams primarily to women and men younger than 50 with limited incomes and no medical insurance or only catastrophic health insurance.

              During the 2009-2010 grant year, PHD with Komen funds screened:

• 33 Boundary County residents
• 312 Kootenai County residents
• 46 Shoshone County residents
• 83 Bonner County residents
• 27 Benewah County residents.

To register for or donate to this year’s Race for the Cure, visit www.komencda.org.