Local Affiliate Offers Information, Application Forms for Interested Students

 Tri-Cities – September 6, 2006 – The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the nation’s largest private source of funding for breast cancer research and community-based outreach programs is accepting applications to award four-year undergraduate scholarships to qualified students who lost a parent to breast cancer.  

The Komen Foundation College Scholarship Award helps students cover the costs of tuition, books, fees and on-campus room and board. The scholarship is specifically intended to help those qualified students who would otherwise find attending college to be a significant financial burden, due to the loss of a parent to breast cancer.   

The Komen Foundation College Scholarship Award recipients are selected based on scholastic achievement, community service and participation, financial need, and demonstrated leadership potential. 

“Breast cancer is a disease that encompasses the entire family. Losing a parent to breast cancer can significantly impact a student’s ability to continue, or even begin, a college career. This scholarship program is a way to help qualified students to realize their dreams of higher education,” said Betty DeVinney of the Komen Tri-Cities Affiliate. 

Basic information about the Komen Foundation Scholarship Award program and application forms are available by contacting Katie Yates at (423)-279-7637 or kjyates@northeaststate.edu.  Interested students may also visit www.komen.org to download an electronic application form.  

Students must complete the application form, provide all needed documentation and submit their application packets to Komen Foundation Headquarters in Dallas, TX. All completed application materials must be received at Komen Headquarters no later than November 1, 2006 as a condition of being chosen for a scholarship.

A total of seven scholarships will be awarded. Announcement of the scholarship awards will be made by the Komen Foundation on March 31, 2007.  

About the Komen Foundation

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker to honor the memory of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from breast cancer at the age of 36. Today, the Foundation is an international organization with a network of more than 75,000 volunteers working through local Affiliates and events like the Komen Race for the Cure® to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. A global leader in the fight against breast cancer, the Foundation fulfills its mission through support of innovative breast cancer research grants, meritorious awards and educational, scientific and community outreach programs around the world. Through fiscal year 2005, the Komen Foundation, together with its Affiliate Network, corporate partners and generous donors, has invested more than $630 million in breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.

For questions about breast health or breast cancer, visit the Komen Foundation's Web site at www.komen.org or call the Komen Foundation's National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline at 1.800.I'M AWARE® (1.800.462.9273).