![From left, executive director <B>Michele Ostrander,</B> state Reps. <B>Janak Joshi</B> and <B>J. Paul Brown</B> and Komen mission coordinator <B>Rhianon Schuman</B> at the Denver affiliate's fund- distribution reception. <!--IPTC: [CUT1]Photographer John Fielder, Michele Falivene and Lisa Williams. [CREDIT]Photo by David Zalubowski, Special to The Denver Post More online: Additional pictures from The (cq) Arthritis Foundation Evening of Honors >denverpost.com/seengallery-->](/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20110419__FE20davidsonCropp1.jpg?w=486 "20110419__FE20davidsonCrop~p1.jpg")
The Denver Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded $2.9 million in grants to 21 Colorado agencies that provide breast-health programs.
That’s 10 percent more than what was given last year, yet falls $1.9 million short of what had been requested.
“We are excited about awarding so much more than last year, but at the same time, we can’t overlook the fact that we received more than $4.8 million in grant requests,” noted Michele Ostrander, the affiliate’s executive director. “And that tells us the need for access to affordable breast health care has grown with increased unemployment and job loss. Susan G. Komen for the Cure is committed to saving lives, and with the help of the community we hope to provide even more assistance in the coming years.”
Recipient agencies include Rocky Mountain Rural Health, Colorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice, the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Clinica Tepeyac, the Raymond Wentz Foundation, Poudre Valley Health System and Native American Cancer Research. Services they provide range from screening and treatment to cancer education and patient support.
The Hope for the Cure reception also included remarks from Dr. Virginia Borges, a University of Colorado cancer researcher whose focus is on pregnancy and breast cancer risk.
This and that.
Plans for the 2011 National Repertory Orchestra Gala will be announced April 27 when executive director Doug Adams and his wife, Pamela, host a kickoff party at their Cherry Hills Village home. . . . Same night: The Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition stages its annual soup, dessert and beverage tasting at the Cable Center. Dazzle, Lola, Red Tango, City Bakery and New Belgium Brewing are among those providing refreshments for this 6 p.m. event that honors Dr. James Shira, Janice Poirot and Anne Hammer. Tickets ($50 each or $90 per couple) can be purchased at . . . Denver Health Foundation sends word that a limited number of concert-only tickets for the May 7 NightShine Gala starring Lionel Richie are on sale. They’re $50 and can be purchased at . . . . The spring-summer debutante season begins May 1 when Theta Zeta Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho has its Sigma Pearls Cotillion at the Renaissance Denver Hotel. . . . And finally, much sympathy to the families of three very special people who have died in recent weeks: Longtime Denver Ballet Guild member Liz Shwayder Kelly; retired CommNet Cellular CEO Arnold Pohs, who with his wife, Connie,played a major role in supporting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes; and architect Jim Johnson, whose wife, gallery owner Jan Rice Johnson, has helped chair fundraisers for The Arthritis Foundation and other local causes.
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