Community Corner
Komen Abandons Bay Area 3-Day Walk
Other options for helping cancer patients in Livermore.
Written by Beatrice Karnes
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has cancelled its 3-Day fundraising walk in the Bay Area next year, the breast cancer organization announced this week.
Livermore residents still have options for donating to cancer organizations--
The 60-mile, three-day Komen walk was canceled in the Bay Area and six other regions nationwide because of low participation and donation rates, Komen officials said. There was a huge backlash against the foundation when it announced that it would no longer fund mammograms at Planned Parenthood offices because Planned Parenthood also performs abortions. Komen later backtracked, but the damage was done.
--Bay City News contributed to this article
Livermore residents still have options for donating to cancer organizations--
- The American Cancer Society is holding its Relay For Life of Livermore later this month, on June 22. Teams that are already signed up have raised almost $120K. Sign-up or donate online.
- A charitable golf tournament will beheld later this summer in Livermore. The money will stay here in the Tri-Valley to provide mammograms. The Tri-Valley Memorial Golf Tournament will be held Aug. 23 at Poppy Ridge Golf Course.
- Livermore Moms held a breast cancer fundraiser last month to benefit HERS Breast Cancer Foundation. Keep an eye on the Livermore Patch Events page for future announcements.
The 60-mile, three-day Komen walk was canceled in the Bay Area and six other regions nationwide because of low participation and donation rates, Komen officials said. There was a huge backlash against the foundation when it announced that it would no longer fund mammograms at Planned Parenthood offices because Planned Parenthood also performs abortions. Komen later backtracked, but the damage was done.
--Bay City News contributed to this article
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