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The Reynolds cancer charities refer to the four "sham charities": the Cancer Fund of America, Inc. (CFA), Cancer Support Services Inc. (CSS), Children's Cancer Fund of America Inc. (CCFOA), and The Breast Cancer Society Inc. (BCS) that began operations in 1984 and were shut down in 2016. [1]
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The foundation's namesake, Susan Goodman Komen, died of breast cancer in 1980 at age 36. [8] [9] Her younger sister Nancy Brinker, who has stated that she believed Susan's outcome might have been better had she known more about cancer and its treatment, founded the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation in 1982.
She survived breast cancer, but later died from a stroke. [657] Susannah McCorkle (1946–2001; aged 55), American jazz singer. She survived breast cancer but suffered for many years from clinical depression and committed suicide by jumping off the balcony of her apartment in Manhattan. [658]
Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots advocacy organization that combines the power of advocacy, education, policy, and research to unite around the goal of ending breast cancer. It was founded in 1991 by a group of breast cancer survivors, including President Fran Visco.
In 1992, Margaret Harte founded Y-ME's annual Mother's Day Race Against Breast Cancer [3] which supported breast cancer survivors and raised money each year to support the organization. [ 10 ] Y-ME changed its name to Breast Cancer Network of Strength in 2008 to "better communicate [their] mission," [ 11 ] which was "to ensure through ...
The National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) is a U.S. breast cancer organization [1] [2] that promotes breast cancer awareness and education, provides free screening services, and supports breast cancer patients and survivors. [3]
Gilda's Club was founded by Joanna Bull, Radner's cancer psychotherapist and co-founded with Radner's widower, Gene Wilder (himself a cancer survivor) and broadcaster Joel Siegel (who would himself fight colon cancer until his death in 2007). [1] Joanna Bull started the project with just $10,000 and networked in the New York cancer support ...