Fewer People Registering For Susan G. Komen Races

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Fewer People Registering For Susan G. Komen Races
Published on 19 April 2012
by Jamie Stengle

For years, Katie Sanchez participated in her local Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, raising money annually to honor her aunt, cousin and a male friend — all breast cancer survivors.

But when her local race rolls around this fall, she won't be there. She already donated her entry fee to Planned Parenthood.

"Pretty much everyone I walk with has decided to do something else," she said.

Sanchez and many other Komen supporters have abandoned the nation's largest breast-cancer charity since news emerged in late January that it had decided to stop making grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer-screening. Komen soon reversed that move following a three-day onslaught of criticism.

Organizers of individual Race for the Cure events — 5K runs and walks that account for most of the charity's fundraising — have seen participation decline by as much as 30 percent. Most also saw their fundraising numbers go down, although a couple of races brought in more money.





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[Ecumenist]

1. No kiddin'. Hmm, I wonder why that is? Maybe "womens" ain't stupid after all....

LOL!!! Take that Susan B Komen.

[MADem]

2. Doesn't AVON (the door-to-door people) do a breast cancer race, as well? nt

[Arugula Latte]

4. Yes they do:

http://www.avonwalk.org/

[MADem]

9. Be interesting to know what their perspective on the issue is...

...and if they give any of their "take" to PP!

[Arugula Latte]

14. I was wondering that, too.

I haven't heard anything about Avon's politics, etc.

[workinclasszero]

3. Komen is a republican front

Leading the way in the War on Women.

Why would any progressive person of any sex would have anything to to do with that?

[Dawson Leery]

5. Komen is a front for reactionary social engineering.

[panzerfaust]

21. Time for a new national breast cancer organization

One which is concerned with people - not politics.

[tavalon]

6. Yeah, they've discounted the price around here

I think they took a big hit (and rightfully so) for the planned parenthood screw up.

[Fearless]

7. Thats what happens when you oppose women's rights. n/t

[Carolina]

8. GOOD!

Serves the wingnut Komen women right. Planned Parenthood is so much more deserving!

[JNelson6563]

10. I see much less of their pink ribbon schlock around too.

I wager things have fallen off for them much more than they are letting on.

Julie

[SunSeeker]

11. Only 30% decline?

I would have thought it would be more. I don't know anyone who is doing that 5K any more. I sure won't do it again. This year I sent my money to Planned Parenthood.

[just1voice]

22. It's an AP story, AP is repuke owned so likely the numbers are lies

and are much worse. I feel sorry for the cancer patients getting exploited by repukes and in the bigger picture, every other disease suffering from the repuke taint, such as Alzheimer's.

[OVERPAID01]

12. I work for a fortune 500 company...

My company always heavily sponsored the event. The coordinator sits 2 cubicles down from me. This year she pulled down all the posters and ads throughout our building (and sign up pamphlets), and the company withdrew it's support and sponsorship. We as a national behemoth routinely raised 2 to 3 million annually for Komen.

[Javaman]

13. I have run in this race for the past 15 years.

They can go scratch this year and every year as long as they continue to limit womens rights.

I have 3 women in my family that are survivers of breast cancer: my mom, my sister and my aunt.

I will now give directly to breast cancer research and tell komen to fuck off.

[MADem]

15. AVON has races (see upthread). Not sure of their politics, but worth looking into it. nt

[Javaman]

18. I could be wrong but I thought the AVON races were women only?

plus I have issues with AVON as well. With the type of cosmetics they sell. They aren't very enviromentally friendly. I don't think they test on animals anymore so that is at least a plus.

[MADem]

19. What I don't know about them could fill a library!

I've been lazy, throwing out questions about them in the vain hopes that someone else will do the "Let Me Google That For You" work on my behalf!

OK, I'll step up and give it a go, myself! It's apparently a WALK, not a run, for starters. It lasts two days.

This is their "How the funds are spent" statement:

HOW THE FUNDS ARE SPENT Thanks to more than 150,000 Avon Walk participants, more than $740 million has been raised and donated to breast cancer programs around the world since 2003, supporting research to find a cure or prevention, as well as programs that enable all patients to access quality care. Support for the medically underserved is a key priority — including low-income, elderly and minority individuals, and those who are under-insured.

I also expanded their "Where the Money Goes" buttons and I didn't see Planned Parenthood on any of 'em for their donation lists for last year--so if the idea is to get the cash to them, this effort may not help: http://www.avonwalk.org/why-we-walk/where-the-money-goes.html

It is open to men, though (I would have thought so, as men can get breast cancer--ask Montel Williams):
http://www.avonwalk.org/about/avon-walk-faq.html

... Men are both welcome and encouraged to participate. Breast cancer touches everyone—families, parents, brothers, sisters, and children. The disease even strikes a small percentage of men. Everyone can do their part in the fight against it.

Maybe someone should get organized and fire up a bunch of fun runs for PP? I'll bet they'd go over well!

[Javaman]

31. Thanks for the info!

I will give them a second look.

[obamanut2012]

26. The Komen races are also women only

Which has always been, rightfully, a huge criticism of them.

[truebrit71]

16. Good. I think they have done irreparable harm to their "brand" and that is no bad thing...

...any charity that pays it's executives that much money has it's priorities bass-ackwards IMHO...

[sarge43]

24. Right. A half million bucks would buy a lot of mammograms.

[AngryAmish]

17. Good. Fuck them.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

20. Nothing to add to that. +1

[October]

23. Interesting. I know they've turned me off even more than before...

It all makes sense to me now, too. I mean, pink tools, clothing, cupcakes... it's all about SELLING things. They've made 'pink' ugly -- and made a mockery out of an important cause.

[crunch60]

25. Nancy Brinker voted AGAINST important provisions in the Patients Bill of Rights

George Bush, Nancy Brinker, hand in hand. I never supported Komen for these reasons. She is a corporate shill.

snip;

So most people would be shocked to find that the Komen Foundation helped block a meaningful Patients Bill of Rights for the women it has purported to serve since the group began in 1982.

Despite proclaiming herself before a 2001 Congressional panel as a "patient advocate for the past 20 years," demanding access to the best possible medical care for all breast cancer patients, Federal Election Commission records show the Komen Foundation and its allies lobbied against the consumer-friendly version of the Patients Bill of Rights in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Brinker then trumpeted old friend George W. Bush in August 2001 for backing a "strong" Patients' Bill of Rights, while most patient advocates felt betrayed.

http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/02/flashback-how-the-komen-foundation-fights-health-reform-and-fails-cancer-patients.html

http://bcaction.org/ I support this organization, great info here.

[obamanut2012]

27. Lots of local organizations do breast cancer 5Ks

Hospitals, sororities and other college groups, etc. It would be pretty easy, I bet, to get any of these or a local running store to help organize a breast cancer 5k, and give money to either a local breast cancer organization, or a regional or national one that actually gives money to research.

Maybe even a regional Girl Scout council could do this?

[obxhead]

28. Komen lost any support I had for them when they spent millions

on a lawsuit to defend the "for the cure" phrase.

Any charity that is so focused on defending branding obviously doesn't have their priorities straight.

[snooper2]

29. Hmm, the one in Fort Worth had highest entrance ever, They had to stop registrations early

Said up by 20% from last year on radio..

[crunch60]

30. What would you expect from Rick Perry and Nancy Brinker /Komen? Both cut ties to Planned parenthood

Last edited Mon Apr 23, 2012, 12:44 AM - Edit history (1)

Rick Perry's Planned Parenthood Revenge: Kill Health Care For Poor Women- The War on Women continues.

This is why Rick Perry can never be President of the United States. Mimicking his fellow Merck buddy Nancy Brinker, Perry decided to punish Planned Parenthood by going forward with a state law banning treatment for any condition at a clinic with any ties to abortion providers, specifically:

But under a state law taking effect Wednesday, Henry and other eligible women won't be able to get care at Planned Parenthood clinics — which treat about 44% of the program's patients — or other facilities with ties to abortion providers, meaning those women will have to find new health-care providers.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/rick-perrys-planned-parenthood-revenge-kill


This article said early registration down, must have had a last minute rush to sigh up.. Hummm..

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/03/16/3815886/early-registration-down-sharply.html