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Prelude to the Royal Wedding
CBCC’s YPAC organized an event at Peacock Café in Georgetown in DC on April 28, 2011. Men and women donned their best finery, bedecked their heads with feathers and fascinators, and toasted with drinks celebrating the British Royals to support CBCC and its mission. Michelle Fenty delivered an impassioned message at the chic event that raised $4,000. Walter Grio of Shoot for Change shot pictures of people looking their best and, once again, revealed his commitment to helping the underserved. Read more at:
A Thousand Words
Walter Grio of Shoot for Change and Christa Floresca of Pink Jams! brought together 100 women and men from the DC metro area, highlighting their experiences with breast cancer. The exhibit was held at Atlas Performing Arts Center on April 19, 2011. Ranging from the light-hearted to the poignant and tearful, the messages penned by the participants and shot by Grio affected the crowds as they filed past the photos. Incredibly humbling, the photographs forefronted how much pain breast cancer causes those it affects—and how passionately people support their affected loved ones. Read more at:
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News from CBCC - December 2010
Read CBCC's December 2010 newsletter (PDF)
Capital Breast Care Center raises $125,000 at its Gift of Life breakfast on October 7, 2010!
Thank you to all of our wonderful donors for making our 4th signature fundraising a success. In addition, you can view our new mission video here.
Media coverage was provided by Angie Goff, of WUSA9, via her website and television. In addition, NPR station, WAMU also featured the Gift of Life breakfast on their morning program.
Photo by Leslie Kossoff
Join Angie Goff and Dr. Howard Brooks for a Day of Beauty on September 15th at Georgetown Skin!
Click here to see WUSA9's press coverage of the event. Thanks again to Dr. Howard Brooks, Andrea Rodgers, Angie Goff and Kim Manning for their support!
Angie Goff, WUSA9/CBS will host a “Day of Beauty” at SKIN Cosmetic Dermatology of Georgetown on Wednesday, September 15th from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Dr. Howard Brooks of SKIN Cosmetic Dermatology of Georgetown, and a noted advocate for breast cancer and HIV/AIDS, will generously donate 10% of revenue for services provided this day to Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC). CBCC is the only community-based, licensed and accredited mammography facility in the Washington, DC area which provides comprehensive, culturally appropriate breast cancer screening services and health education to women in the DC metropolitan area, regardless of their ability to pay. There will be special discounts for this “Day of Beauty." Schedule Appointment: Appointments will be scheduled from 9:00 a.m. until5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 15th. Please book your treatments and RSVPfor the cocktail reception by calling (202) 298-7546. Read here for details!
Capital Breast Care Center Teams Up with Local "Newsbabes"
CBCC Advisory Council President Michelle Cross Fenty and CBCC staff members attended the May 10, 2010, Newsbabes Bash for Breast Cancer. Read more.
News from CBCC - Spring 2010
Read CBCC's spring 2010 newsletter (PDF)
Buzz about Fête of Fashion
DC media buzzed about the February 27, 2010 Fête of Fashion, a swanky fundraiser for Capital Breast Care Center. The Fete was hosted by Fashion Fix, a group of young women in the District who use their passion for fashion to help others. The event, held at boutique Rue 14, included shopping and a silent auction for the benefit of Capital Breast Care Center.
NBC-4 TV Notes Washington's "Power Women" at Gift of Life Breakfast
The attendance of Washington’s "power women" at CBCC's Gift of Life breakfast on October 7, 2009 receives notice by NBC-4.
Two of Washington's Leading Ladies Join Gift of Life Breakfast
CBCC's Gift of Life Breakfast received a yea from the Examiner. Read the story here.
CBCC congratulates CBCC Advisory Council Member, Debbi Jarvis, Vice President, Corporate Communications at Pepco Holdings, Inc. who was awarded one of the 25 Powerful Women in Business! Click here to read more.
Underserved, not Undeserved
Image, the award-winning magazine for radiology professionals, featured Capital Breast Care Center in an article "Underserved, not Undeserved: A facility's initiative to ensure adequate healthcare for all women." Read the story here.
Early Detection Is Key to Breast Cancer Survival
Tovoia Miner, a CBCC patient, testified to the importance of the Center's services at a recent breakfast fundraiser. Her story was highlighted in Kansas City’s Infozine. Read her story here.
Capital Breast Care Center Participates in Kaiser Family Foundation Panel on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women's Health
On Wednesday, June 10th, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a briefing, “Putting Women’s Health Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level,” to present the findings of a new study that documents the extent of health disparities at the state level among women of different racial and ethnic groups. The presentation of the findings was followed by a panel discussion with experts on women's health and health disparities to discuss how policies can be shaped to eliminate these disparities.
Report co-authors Alina Salganicoff and Cara James, both of the Kaiser Family Foundation, introduced the report and presented the key findings, respectively. The briefing also included a respondent panel moderated by Kaiser's Jackie Judd. The respondents included Carolyn Clancy, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Peter Koutoujian, State Representative, Massachusetts; Cynthia Lindquist Mala, President, Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop) Community College of Fort Totten, N.D.; and Beth Beck, Executive Director, Capital Breast Care Center. Marsha Lillie-Blanton, report co-author and Senior Advisor to the Kaiser Family Foundation, provided closing remarks.
Read highlights from the Center's December 2009 Newsletter, acknowledging the recent Presidential election.
Capital Breast Cancer Receives $750,000 from Avon Foundation
Washington, DC, May 3 2009 — Capital Breast Care Center, the only community-centered licensed and accredited mammography facility in Washington, DC, received $750,000 to support Avon's signature patient care program in the District of Columbia. Capital Breast Care Center provides critical safety-net services to medically underserved and uninsured women in the Washington, DC, area, and serves more than 2,400 women per year.
We welcome you to view our mission video, which was produced with the support of Comcast and Pepco Holdings, Inc. Experience a visit to Capital Breast Care Center through the eyes of a patient, and learn how our presence in the DC community has made a difference in the lives of these two women.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Creates Video About Health in America and Includes Capital Breast Care Center
Whoopi Goldberg filmed an emphatic public service announcement for Capital Breast Care Center highlighting the importance of receiving mammograms. View this message by the Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner herself!
Capital Breast Care Center and Advisory Council President Michelle Fenty, Esq., were featured in the February 2009 issue of the Hill Rag.
CBCC values it relationship with National Public Radio, from the toys that were donated for the waiting room, to the wonderful keynote speech by Cokie Roberts at the 2008 Gift of Life Breakfast. We were featured in WAMU's "Community Minute" in April 2009.
