SUSAN G. KOMEN PHILADELPHIA HONORS WOMEN VETERANS ROCK!
WITH FIRST-EVER WOMEN’S CHAMPION AWARD
Women Veterans ROCK! one of 25 organizations recognized as a vital part of the fabric of women’s health, empowerment & future promise
PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 22, 2015) – Susan G. Komen Philadelphia® has selected Women Veterans ROCK! as one of twenty-five Delaware Valley organizations being recognized as a Komen Philadelphia Women’s Champion. The twenty-five organizations were selected by Komen Philadelphia as part of the 25th Celebration Year for the Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure®, and will be presented the Women’s Champion Awards at the event’s Kick-Off Party on February 6. Women Veterans ROCK! was chosen for its powerful support of the breast cancer movement in ways that traditional donations to the cause can’t provide.
“We couldn’t do what we do to save lives and lead the fight against breast cancer without these organizations pursing their own missions with such dedication,” said Elaine I. Grobman, Chief Executive Officer, Komen Philadelphia. Without each of these twenty-five Women’s Champion honorees strengthening women in other aspects of individual and communal living, our quest to save lives from breast cancer would be all the more difficult. Komen Philadelphia can move ahead confidently in our own mission every day knowing these organizations are working with extraordinary commitment…they are, indeed, working side by side with us!”
“Together with Komen Philadelphia, these organizations weave the fabric of women’s health, women’s wellbeing, and women’s prosperity,” Grobman continued. “Just as women of the past, present and future depend on us – we depend on each other. It is our honor to celebrate all of them.”
A group of Komen Philadelphia advisors, including Board Members, leadership and respected members of the local community-service arena, selected the list of 25 Women’s Champion honorees, a first-ever recognition. In choosing the honorees, they looked for well-respected individual organizations that exclusively or primarily serve women in a geographic area similar to that of Komen Philadelphia. They also looked to create a Women’s Champion group that, on the whole, represents a balance of services vital to women, serve a healthy diversity of populations and cultures, and focus on meeting immediate needs as well building solid foundations for prosperous futures. Women Veterans ROCK! was chosen over other local organizations with a similar mission based on their high standards of use of donor dollars, the integrity of their mission and vision, consistency of achievement, respect in the community, and track record of working in ways that complement other non-profit work.
“We are honored to have been chosen as an organization of integrity by an organization that itself is so well respected and has helped paved the way to revolutionizing the face of breast cancer in our world,” said Deborah Harmon-Pugh, Campaign Chair of Women Veterans ROCK! “So often organizations like ours are seen for what we do in our specific service mission – it is truly special to be considered an integral part of something bigger…to be recognized as a foundation of women’s past, present and future growth.”
Komen Philadelphia chose its milestone 25th Celebration Race for the Cure to present and celebrate the twenty-five Women’s Champions in order to further demonstrate how its past was very much shaped by the work of other non-profit organizations.
“While it is true this is a milestone year for us, Komen Philadelphia very purposely chose to make ours a celebration of the community of which we are part,” said Grobman. “This is a first-and-only presentation for the Women’s Champion Awards. We chose this historic time so we can leverage the momentum of our 25th Race Celebration in order to bring recognition and support in the form of awareness for all twenty-five organizations.”
The Women’s Champion Awards will be presented at the Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure Kick-Off Party the evening of Friday, February 6 at Vie in Philadelphia. Komen Philadelphia also plans to continue to celebrate the twenty-five organizations throughout the Race season, which will climax at the event on Mother’s Day (May 10, 2015).
About Women Veterans ROCK!
“Women Veterans ROCK!” is a Coalition of Women Veteran Organizations and Women Advocacy Organizations Supporting Women Veterans & Military Families. We are supporting them in the areas of: Housing; Employment; Education; Financial Stability; Health & Wellness. We achieve our mission through four successful signature programs including the: Veterans Day Rally; Women Veterans Summer Retreat; Women Veterans Civic Leadership Institute; and our “Get To Know Us” Series of Outreach Programs and Activities. Women Veterans ROCK! is sponsored by The Healthy Caregiver Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization. For more information, please visit www.WomenVetsRock.org.
About Susan G. Komen Philadelphia
Susan G. Komen Philadelphia® is part of Susan G. Komen, 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. In the past 24 years, Komen Philadelphia has distributed over $52.5 million in grants to local organizations, funded approximately 150,000 mammograms for women in need in its service area, and contributed approximately $21.5 million to breast cancer research. Through grants and Komen Philadelphia outreach initiatives targeting a diversity of communities, the organization empowers people in the breast cancer movement in a 15-county service area embracing: Adams, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Philadelphia and York counties in Pa.; Kent, New Castle and Sussex counties in Del.; Camden County, N.J. Outreach ranges from mammograms, clinical exams, diagnostic services and treatment for women in need, to education, counseling and other forms of support, to programs for breast cancer survivors. KomenPhiladelphia.org
