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Komen NewsroomSeptember 2010• 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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