Lewiston, Maine - Carol Kurzig, left, president of the Avon Foundation for Women, presents a “big” check to Christine Hayden, breast health outreach patient navigator at the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. The $250,000 grant was part of nearly $3 million in grants that the Avon Foundation recently made to 10 New England organizations that serve the needs of breast cancer patients, either through research or direct services to patients. The grant to CMMC will provide continued support for the Dempsey Center breast health navigator and allow the purchase of a new dedicated breast ultrasound unit. “Our beneficiaries here in New England are leaders from your communities who are dedicated to the fight against breast cancer,” said Kurzig. “These organizations are providing breast cancer screening, care and support services every day. They are also researching the causes and improved treatments for breast cancer, but also a way to someday prevent it altogether. ” The grant to the Dempsey Center was one of four grants to New England hospitals in the Avon Safety Net program, allpart of a 70-hospital nationwide network created to ensure access to high quality breast cancer services to women and men who might otherwise fall through the cracks of the healthcare system. The Avon Foundation announced the grant during its recent Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Boston. The walk raised $4.8 million.
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