Annual Fund 2009
Why we need your help
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer--an astonishing and frightening statistic. We are working to change this statistic through our focus on education, outreach, advocacy, survivorship, and through collaborations with local service providers.
While Houston claims the world's largest medical center, there are over 1 million people living without health insurance in the Greater Houston area. Many of these uninsured do not have routine mammograms, and often do not understand the value of such a simple examination. That's why access and education are such vitally important needs that must be addressed.
How to sponsor Pink Ribbons Project
Support Our 2009 Annual Campaign: Contribute to our Annual Campaign and you make our events and outreach programs possible, including: Pink Power, which provides funding for the medically underserved in the Greater Houston area; Pink Aware, which brings the message of breast health, self-care and well-person awareness to teens and adults; and Pink Alive!, a non-traditional and artistic support network that promotes healing and healthy choices for those living with and beyond breast cancer.
$ your choice/ year
Join Pink Partners: Our Pink Partners help us raise awareness about breast cancer, enlist the attention and assistance of friends in the Greater Houston community, and participate in our events and projects throughout the year. As a member you receive priority invitations to our annual lecture series and other Pink Ribbons Project events, as well as email blasts about our activities and opportunities to get involved.
$50/ year
Become a Lifetime Member of Pink Partners: A Lifetime Membership demonstrates your continued desire to reach out to our neighbors in need. You get all the benefits of an annual membership, and you never have to renew!
$1,000/ one time only
Please join us in the fight against breast cancer
Pink Ribbons Project is a small Houston-based organization with a huge reach, helping women and men of all ages in the Greater Houston area to achieve better health and better quality of life.
Your sponsorship helps us advance education about early detection of breast cancer among people of all backgrounds and ages, and underwrite mammograms and follow-up care for those in need.
Your donation makes a difference!
In 2008, Pink Ribbons Project programs and activities made a tremendous impact in the Greater Houston area:
-A partnership with The Rose Diagnostic Center and the Houston affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure supported the purchase of a second Mobile Van for an additional Sophie Mammography Unit, doubling the capacity to serve women in the Greater Houston community to over 12,000 per year.
-A partnership with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston provided funding to staff the new mobile mammography unit, which has been garaged in the wake of Hurricane Ike. This funding will keep the van in operation during the second quarter of 2009.
-A co-production with Stages Repertory Theatre funded UNBEATABLE: A Bold New Musical, an original work that chronicles the journey of a breast cancer survivor, which lpayed to thousands in the Houston area at Stages and the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts; Pink Ribbons Project also produced the original cast album, available here.
-A collaboration for the third consecutive year with the Harris County Hospital District donated to the Pink Ribbons Project Saturday Mammography Program, increasing the screening capacity to include over 1,000 additional women per year.
-Sponsorship of the 2008 Breast Health Summit, an annual education and advocacy event, reached out to 237 health care providers from 88 organizations in 36 cities.
-Drink Pink, our newest program, reached an estimated 2,500 people, and taught middle- and elementary-age students how to raise awareness about breast cancer.
-Pink Aware Programs engaged 640 students and adults.
-Pink Platter achieved an all-time record with 280 painters. Each of the 700 plates sold included an educational/ awareness component.
To donate to the 2009 Annual Fund, click here.
