About Us
Orange County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Affiliate Merchandise
Orange County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Affiliate breast cancer awareness merchandise is designed to educate women of all ages about Breast Self-Awareness (BSA). This includes knowing your risk, getting screened, knowing what is normal for you, and making healthy lifestyle choices. It also echoes the Komen Mission by encouraging women to become empowered about their own breast health.
The Komen Foundation recommends that women have a mammogram every year starting at age 40 if they are at average risk. Women should have a clinical breast exam at least every 3 years starting at age 20, and every year starting at age 40.
Your support of www.OCKomenMerchandise.com is a proactive way to reach women with the lifesaving message of early detection and to help raise additional funds for breast cancer research and community outreach programs.
Remember, early detection is your best protection.
About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
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 Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists - the only grassroots organization fighting to end breast cancer at every stage, from the causes to the cure to the pain and anxiety of every moment in between.
Our Vision
A World Without Breast Cancer
Our Promise
To save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality of care for all and energizing science to find the cures.
Where the Money Goes
The first Komen Orange County Race for the Cure ® was held on September 27, 1992. There were 3,800 participants. Over its 15 years the Race has raised more than $15.5 million in Orange County for the fight against breast cancer.
In 2006, the Komen Orange County Race for the Cure ® was the largest, most successful fundraising event in the county, raising more than $2.8 million with nearly 30,000 registered participants and spectators. Of those funds, a minimum of 25% was dedicated to the Komen Award and Research Grant Program and, the remaining net income, 75% provided life-saving breast health education, screening, diagnosis and treatment services to people of all ages and backgrounds in Orange County.
Funds raised during the Komen Race for the Cure ® Series support the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer. In 2008, 30,000 participants raised $3.5 million from 250,000 of their family members, friends and colleagues, making Orange County's Race for the Cure the largest event of its kind in California. Race Day is a whirlwind of activity. Please be sure to visit this site often for updates and new details on the many wonderful things that happen leading up to and on Race Day!
Joining with other Affiliates around the world, Komen Orange County dedicates a minimum of 25% of our funds to support groundbreaking research. The strength of communities working together is why Susan G. Komen for the Cure is the nation's largest private funder of research dedicated solely to breast cancer.