Team Project Self-Sufficiency Helps to Raise Funds at the Race for the Cure

A team from Project Self-Sufficiency spent a recent Sunday morning with more than 5,000 dedicated individuals at the Susan G. Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure® a 5K Race/Walk at the Essex County South Mountain Recreation Complex.  The event raised approximately $700,000 for breast cancer education and research; donations are still being accepted.  According to Komen, 75% of net funds raised this year will provide critical education, screening and treatment services for uninsured and underinsured women.  The remaining 25% will support research to find a cure.

 “Project Self-Sufficiency is proud to partner with the Susan G. Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure® in the effort to raise funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer, and to celebrate those individuals who have survived breast cancer,” commented Deborah Berry-Toon, Executive Director of Project Self-Sufficiency about the agency’s participation in the event.  “This year, our team was able to raise more than $1,800, and we were proud to continue to support all of the women and men who are currently undergoing treatment or in recovery from breast cancer.”

Since its inception in 1997, Susan G. Komen for the Cure ® North Jersey has awarded $12.2 million to local breast health organizations in northern New Jersey, with $5.5 million contributed to research projects on the national level.  Project Self-Sufficiency is partnering with the Sussex County Breast Health Task Force to increase awareness of the necessity of mammograms in the prevention of breast cancer.  The “Mammograms Save Lives” program is funded through the Susan G. Komen for the Cure ® North Jersey Affiliate, along with support from Intercar Mercedes Benz, Sussex Honda and the New Jersey Herald.  As part of its Breast Health Program, the agency also provides free mammograms to women over the age of 40 who are uninsured or underinsured.   Free mammograms will be offered at Project Self-Sufficiency on May 31, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Project Self-Sufficiency is a private non-profit community-based organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income families residing in northwestern New Jersey.  The agency’s mission is to provide a broad spectrum of holistic, respectful, and comprehensive services enabling low-income single parents, teen parents, two-parent families, and displaced homemakers to improve their lives and the lives of their children by achieving personal and economic self-sufficiency and family stability.  Since 1986, Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 19,500 families, including more than 30,000 children. 

 

To register for a free mammogram, or to find out more about the programs at Project Self-Sufficiency, call 973-940-3500.