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Your business card-reprinted in color and reduced slightly to2-318" x 1-3l8" -will appear a special section in our January issue. The cost each ad is just $100, $25 of which is tax deductible and will be matched by us-for a total donation of $50 to Susan
G. Komen for for billion, playing a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer, transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease, and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. It has contributed to real victories, including:
More early detection - Nearly I57o of women over 40 years old now receive regular mammograms, the single most effective tool for detecting breast cancer early (in 1982, less than 30Vo received a clinical exam).
. More hope - The five-year survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early before it spreads beyond the breast, is now 98Vo (compared to 747o in 1982).
More research - The federal government now devotes more than $900 million each year to breast cancer research, treatment and prevention (compared to $30 million in 1982).
The charity was formed by Nancy Brinker, who promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, it is the world's largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all, and energize science to find the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure. the organization has invested nearly $1
More survivors - America's 2.3 million breast cancers survivors, the largest group of cancer survivors in the U.S., are a living testament to the power of society and science to save lives.
I)oirrg lour l'*rl ls l'"*sr: Just send us your business card(s) before December 10, along with and a check for $100 per card-or $200 per card to appear in both the West's Merchant Magazine and its eastern counterpart, B P D - B uil din g P ro duc t s D i g e s t-to Cutler Publishing,4500 Campus Dr., Suite 480, Newport Beach, Ca. 92660.