The Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure-along with those who generously support us with their talent, time and resources-is working to better the lives of people facing breast cancer in our community. We join more than 100,000 breast cancer survivors and activists around the globe as part of the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network fighting breast cancer.

The Komen Lowcountry Affiliate is an independent, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. We support local education, screening and treatment programs, while also investing in national research initiatives. Seventy-five percent of the money we raise locally is re-invested in local projects and initiatives within our 12-county service area, which include:

• Allendale
• Bamberg
• Barnwell
• Beaufort
• Berkeley
• Charleston
• Colleton
• Dorchester
• Georgetown
• Hampton
• Jasper
• Orangeburg

The remaining 25 percent of funds raised locally support the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Programs, which in turn have funded some of the most significant breast cancer medical investigations of the last 25 years.

The Affiliate is led by a group of dedicated activists and survivors from the community. The board of directors meets on a monthly basis and individual committees meet as needed in order to support our year-round calendar of events.

Our committees include:

• Executive
• Grants
• Education
• Volunteer
• Development
• PR/Communications
• Special Events
• Fund raising
• Board Development
• Service Area Outreach
• Survivor

We strive to empower the community by educating it about the risk of breast cancer. We also dedicate ourselves to supporting organizations and programs that promote education, outreach, treatment support, or screening projects targeting services not otherwise available to medically underserved women. Since 2001, we have provided more than $2 million in grant funding to our region.

The Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the CureR is our signature fund-raising event. However, one of the goals of our affiliate is to always provide a year-round presence in the Lowcountry through a creative variety of fund-raising events, policy events, educational events and survivor events.