FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MOMMY’S LIGHT LIVES ON FUND® NAMED A
2007-2008 GRANTEE
BY
PHILADELPHIA AFFILIATE OF SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE
One of 39 Delaware Valley Organizations Receiving
Grants for Breast Cancer Education, Treatment and Cure
Initiatives
PHILADELPHIA,
PA – June 7, 2007 – The Philadelphia Affiliate of
Susan G. Komen for the Cure named Mommy’s Light Lives On
Fund® the recipient of one of 39 grants
awarded to healthcare and social organizations
throughout the Delaware Valley to support their projects
for breast cancer education, screening and treatment.
The distribution of $2.1 million in grant money for
2007-2008 is a result of the Komen Philadelphia
Affiliate's fund-raising efforts throughout 2006, the
biggest contributor being the 16th Annual Susan G. Komen
Philadelphia Race for the Cure.®
Mommy's Light was awarded a grant for its special
initiative to support the breast cancer movement in the
Delaware Valley, aimed at providing direct services and
education to bereaved young people, their families and
communities.
Founded in 1997, Mommy’s Light brings joy and comfort to
children and teens by helping them keep alive traditions
and simple pleasures they shared with their mothers who
are terminally ill or have died. There are more than
20,000 children under the age of 18 in the Delaware
Valley who have experienced the deaths of their
mothers. The organization also provides free grief
education resource materials, including literature and a
groundbreaking 22-minute DVD, that help surviving
fathers, caregivers, counselors and teachers better
understand a child’s bereavement process. (www.mommyslight.org)
“Certainly, Mommy's Light demonstrates a deep devotion to
the breast cancer movement… the type of commitment, hope
and hands-on initiative that define the empowerment of
Susan G. Komen for the Cure,” said Elaine Grobman,
Executive Director of the Philadelphia Affiliate. “It
has already had a profound effect on many lives, and I
am confident it will have an impact on many other women
and families facing the challenges of breast cancer. We
are honored and fortunate to have the organization
fighting side by side with us.”
“It’s a privilege to be named a grantee,” says Laura Munts,
Mommy’s Light Executive Director. “We are particularly
delighted that the Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G.
Komen for the Cure has become a Mommy’s Light Lives On
Fund 10th Anniversary Sponsor as we celebrate
a decade of helping maternally bereaved children and
their families throughout the Delaware Valley.”
Seventy-five percent of the total monies raised through the
2006 Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure stays in the
Delaware Valley community to support education,
screening and treatment initiatives—the 2006-2007 Grant
recipients. The remaining funds will go towards the
Komen National Research Grant Program.
The 39 grantees were selected by a specialized Grant Review
Board based on each applicant’s stated objective for its
initiative in relation to the specific breast health
needs of the Delaware Valley. The Affiliate worked with
local medical experts and community leaders to conduct a
comprehensive community needs assessment. This community
profile was then used to establish grant application
requirements and review process criteria in order to
ensure selected initiatives address the specific unmet
breast health needs of the Delaware Valley community.
Susan
G. Komen for the Cure was born in a promise between two
sisters—Nancy Brinker to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who
died from breast cancer at the age of 36—to end breast
cancer forever. Since launching the breast cancer
movement 25 years ago, Komen for the Cure has
transformed the culture—how the world talks about and
treats this devastating disease. It has helped turn
millions of breast cancer patients into breast
cancer survivors.
Today, Komen is the world's largest and most progressive
grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and
activists—the only grassroots organization fighting to
cure breast cancer at every stage, from the causes to
the cures and the pain and anxiety of every moment in
between. For more information, contact the Affiliate at
215-238-8900,
www.komenphiladelphia.org.
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, Mommy’s Light
provides free resources nationally and directly serves
children between the ages of 3 and 18 throughout the
greater Philadelphia area. There are more than 626,000
maternally bereaved children in the United States,
including 20,000 eligible children in the Delaware
Valley. For more information or to become a
volunteer, visit
www.mommyslight.org or call 610-725-9790.
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Editors Note:
Photos and interviews available
Mommy’s Light Media Contact:
Ellen Langas Campbell, NouSoma Communications, Inc.
610-458-1580,
ellen@nousoma.com
Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure:
Elaine Grobman, 215-238-8900
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