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The Mission Health & Hospitals Breast Program has been awarded a $166,000 grant by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust to support breast screening and education program for underserved women. The goal is to reach 300 women per year who are not able to receive this service on their own, said Karen Grogan, RN, Administrative Director of Oncology and Infusion Services at Mission. The program will begin in October.“This will specifically cover the cost of a mammogram for women who are faced with a gap in coverage who qualify for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) but not Project Access,” said Karen Hyman, Physicians Relations Manager and Breast Program Coordinator. “A very important aspect of our approach is that we will be encouraging women to join with other women in their neighborhoods to come to “Ladies Night”. The program will bring low-income women to the Breast Program and Asheville Imaging Center for no-cost mammograms, clinical breast exams, and women’s health education.” According to Hyman, The Breast Program will be working with several community partners to establish the program. The Buncombe County Health Department will identify women who qualify and provide general health exams, breast exams, and health education. Child care will be available at rotating community centers and the YWCA. Mission Hospitals will provide transportation from the community centers to Asheville Imaging and The Breast Program. Asheville Imaging will provide mammography. Volunteers from Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA) and Parity Achievement Through Community Empowerment (PACE) will be on site to help teach breast self exam and help women complete their paper work. These groups will also promote the concept in the minority and African American community. The Department of Social Services will help women to learn about other services. The Mission Breast Program has provided support services for more than 1,000 women facing a breast cancer diagnosis, since its inception in the fall of 2003. These services include education and support from the time a woman hears that she needs a breast biopsy, through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. These services are provided at no cost to any woman who has diagnostic or treatment services at Mission or whose physician is on staff at Mission. The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust was created in 1947 by the will of Mrs. William N. Reynolds of Winston-Salem. Three-fourths of the Trust’s grants are designated for use for health-related programs and services across North Carolina and one-fourth for the poor and needy of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. (Images provided by Mission Hospital.)
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