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KeyBank Foundation $1M Grant

In March 2011, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® received a $1 million grant from KeyBank Foundation to establish the Susan G. Komen Community Health Advisor Training Program. This largest-ever national grant awarded by KeyBank Foundation will help Susan G. Komen activate its network to address the significant breast cancer burden facing uninsured and minority women. The use of community health advisors (CHAs) is well documented as an effective and sustainable method for: promoting health education, empowering women, and improving health outcomes in communities that are difficult to access.
The Komen CHA Training Program, made possible by KeyBank Foundation, will certify more than 500 Susan G. Komen Community Health Advisors to provide peer-to-peer breast health education and support to underserved women. At the end of the four-year grant period, it is estimated that trained Komen CHAs will have reached more than 110,000 medically underserved women in 17 Komen Affiliate/KeyBank communities, empowering them with the knowledge and resources to prevent a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis. In addition, the grant sponsors Regional Breast Health Summits as a tool to raise awareness about breast cancer in the community, convene local key stakeholders, support recruitment of KCHAs, and encourage ongoing collaboration and sustainability of the program.
 

MDC bullet 1About KeyBank and Susan G. Komen for the Cure:

KeyBank and its employees have a long history of actively supporting the Northeast Ohio Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which was honored by the global breast cancer organization as the 2009 Affiliate of the Year. In 2010, KeyBank was a platinum sponsor of the Susan G. Komen Northeast Ohio Race for the Cure® and helped generate more than $100,000 to support the organization. As part of that effort nearly 400 KeyBank employees, friends, family members and clients joined Team “KeyBank – Unlock the Cure” helping to raise more than $60,000 through grassroots fundraising efforts, including race pledges, events, matching gifts and more.

 

MDC bullet 1About KeyBank Foundation:

KeyBank Foundation is a nonprofit charitable foundation, funded by KeyCorp. Through its civic programs, corporate contributions and volunteerism, the Foundation supports organizations that foster economic self-sufficiency, principally where KeyBank operates. As a corporate neighbor, the Foundation helps communities and individuals prosper through its funding priorities: financial education, workforce development and diversity. 

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