Komen Newsroom
February 2012• Statement from Susan G. Komen Board of Directors and Founder and CEO Nancy G. Brinker...
• A Message from the Oregon & SW Washington Affiliate Board of Directors - Komen Oregon OPPOSES Headquarters' Decision...
September 2011
• Race for the Cure Event Advisory and Road Closure Information
August
• Official Signing Ceremon
y of Senate Bill 433 with Governor Kitzhaber Takes Place...Pictured from left: Christine M. McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Representative Carolyn Tomei, Representative Tina Kotek, Senator Diane Rosenbaum
June
• Senate Bill 433 Passes, Closes Gap in Oregon Healthcare System, Gives Uninsured Women a Fighting Chance
May
• Fifth Annual Lunch for the Cure raises over $230,000!
April 2011
• Komen Catalyst Grant Awarded to Providence Cancer Center
January 2011
• Click here to read the truth about Susan G. Komen for the Cure trademark issues around use of the words "for the Cure."
December 2010
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure Mourns the Loss of Elizabeth Edwards...
September 2010
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Receives Charity Navigator’s Coveted Four-Star Rating for Fourth Year in a Row
• Jan and Richard Lariviere named 2010 Honorary Chairs of Komen Eugene Race for the Cure...
August 2010
• Thank you to the Royal Rosarians for donating $1,000 to our Affiliate!
• Thank you to Oil Can Henry's for donating over $45,000 through their "Make a Change for the Cure" event! Learn more...
March 2010
• Check out Komen's own Survivor Programs Manager, Toni Mountain, on AM Northwest discussing the upcoming Breast Cancer Issues™ Conference! Watch here.
• Komen's Communications Coordinator featured on Univision's "En Comunidad" news segment to talk about breast health and breast cancer: "En Comunidad: Cancer de seno"
February 2010
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Concerned Federal Screening Mammography Guidelines Beginning to Limit Access for Younger Women
"When a federal panel late last year recommended that American women in their 40s need not get annual screening mammograms, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® raised concerns that the new guidelines would result in denial of the potentially life-saving procedure for too many young women.
Evidence appears to be building that those concerns over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines may have been justified." Read more...December 2009
Komen's Founder, Nancy Brinker, featured in USA Today's op-ed section: "With Breast Screenings, Every Woman Counts"
November 2009
Susan G. Komen for the Cure recommends no impediments to breast cancer screening...
October 2009
Komen Oregon named #1 Best Large Nonprofit to work for by Oregon Business Magazine!
Komen Project Ecuador Visits Oregon...
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