The American Cancer Society
Dallas Office
Public Information: 1-800-651-4911
Website: http://www.cancer.org/

Support from community partners like the Dallas Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure enable the American Cancer Society to provide transportation to treatment, breast prosthetics, wigs, and head coverings to local, medically undeserved breast cancer patients; all at no cost to the patient. Services are accessed through a collaborative network of cancer treatment centers and American Cancer Society Patient Resource Centers located throughout Dallas County.

Bridge of Blessings
Public Information: 214-714-1077
Website: http://www.bridgeofblessings.org/ 

The mission of Bridge of Blessings is to provide temporary financial assistance to qualified individuals in the North Texas area who are undergoing treatment for breast, ovarian, uterine, or endometrial cancer. It is our vision that everyone fighting this battle should have the peace of mind that their most essential financial needs are met, so they can focus all their energies on getting well. Although a multitude of successful organizations with a focus on these types of cancer exist, the concentration thus far has been primarily on research and early detection.  Bridge of Blessings feels it has a unique vision for those who have already been diagnosed.  Many individuals, particularly those unable to work as they undergo treatment, face tremendous stress from financial burdens - stress that could compromise their recovery.  Our goal is to eliminate this unnecessary hardship.  No one should have to make a decision between receiving life saving treatment and being able to meet the most basic needs of their family.

The Bridge Breast Network
Public Information: 214-821-3820, 877-258-1396 (toll free)
Email: info@bridgebreast.org
Website: http://www.bridgebreast.org/

The Bridge Breast Network provides low income, uninsured individuals with breast health services for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Services include breast health education and awareness, biopsies, breast surgery, radiology, chemotherapy and radiation oncology. A network of over 200 medical professionals makes it possible for the Bridge to achieve its mission. In FY 2007-2008, the medical community donated over $5 million in medical services to Bridge clients.

Easter Seals of North Texas
Public Information: 817-332-7171
Website: http://mail.komen-dallas.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.ntx.easterseals.com

Easter Seals North Texas’ Reflections program provides individualized breast prostheses and attractive, well-fitted bras and camisoles to enhance appearance and improve comfort, at no cost to recipient. Financial assistance for transportation to/from Reflections appointments is available. Peer support groups meet monthly. For information or assistance call 972-939-3962 and speak with Teresa or leave a message for a return call.

Gilda’s Club North Texas
Public Information: 214-219-8877
Website: http://www.gildasclubtx.org/

Gilda’s Club North Texas has received a grant from the Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure to assist with education and outreach to members of Dallas County minority communities who are living with breast cancer.  This grant will greatly enhance our efforts to reach Hispanic, African-American and Asian women with information about breast health and the value of social and emotional support when cancer is in the family.  In addition, Komen Dallas’s grant will partially underwrite vital education, transportation, support and patient navigation programs for women who are living through a breast cancer experience, so we can continue to offer them services completely free of charge.

The mission of Gilda’s Club North Texas is to provide a non-residential meeting place, where people with cancer and their families and friends can join with others to build social and emotional support as a supplement to medical care free of charge.  Gilda’s Club North Texas serves all people with any type of cancer; however, approximately 51% of our female membership is comprised of women who have received a breast cancer diagnosis.

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure^® Grants Program
Call Toll Free: 1-877 GO KOMEN (1-877-465-6636)
Website: http://www.komen.org/

The Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure^® contributed up to 25% of net revenue to the Komen Grants Program. This is an exciting year for Komen’s Grants Program. Building on 27 years of funding research to find the causes and cures of breast cancer, Komen announces four new research funding opportunities, an important focus on speeding the translation of research discoveries to reduce breast cancer incidence and mortality within the next decade, and a completely redesigned system for application and peer review. In addition to funding breast cancer research, Komen and their Affiliate Network fund non-duplicative, community-based grants that translate the findings from research into breast health education and seek to enhance the availability of breast cancer screening and treatment for the medically underserved.

Since its inception in 1982, Susan G. Komen for the Cure^® has supported virtually every major advance in breast cancer research over the past 27 years, with research investments to date of more than $300 million. Komen remains the nation's largest private provider of funds for breast cancer research and community outreach programs.

Methodist Health Systems
Public Information: 214-947-0026

The Methodist Health System Program, in conjunction with local congregational and community organizations, seeks to provide breast health education and screening mammography services to the medically under-served population of Dallas County.  The goal of this program is to provide accessibility of these services at locations convenient and familiar to the public.  These services will be provided by the Methodist Mobile Mammography Unit and at either of the Methodist Women’s Imaging Centers.  Special focus will be placed on attempting to reach the African-American, Hispanic and other minority populations in Dallas County.  Additional funding is available to aid in the follow-up care of abnormalities that may be detected from the screening exam, or for clients that may be experiencing a breast problem which would require diagnostic imaging. Please contact Buffie Pleasants at (214) 947-1768 to request the Methodist Mobile Unit for an event or screening services or for questions concerning access to diagnostic.

Parkland Health & Hospital System
Public Information: 214-266-3333
Website: http://www.parklandhospital.com/

Parkland Health & Hospital System (Parkland) implemented its Cancer Prevention & Intervention Program (CPIP) in 1990 to provide breast cancer screening, prevention and intervention services to Dallas County residents. Through its mobile mammography unit, CPIP provides mammography screenings, case management and breast education.  The success of the program is contributed to the opportunity for the mobile unit to go into the neighborhoods of underserved women to make preventive care more easily accessible, to remove any economic barrier and to help detect the early stages of breast cancer and refer patients for further treatment. Parkland’s Cancer Prevention and Intervention Program will incorporate the Community Mammography Outreach Strategic Approach; this approach embodies Parkland’s mission to serve the uninsured, underinsured and medically underserved women in Dallas County who might otherwise not receive this critical health service and education.  The Community Mammography Outreach Strategy Approach will provide a means for better understanding the mammography needs of underserved women in our community and facilitate a strategic collaboration with community businesses, services and organizations to reach those needs. Outreach efforts are coordinated through Parkland’s Community Oriented Primary Care Community Services Department.