The Buffalo Girls' Trail Ride for the Cure® proudly benefits the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Cincinnati affiliate and their ongoing efforts to support research, development and education in the fight against Breast Cancer.
Fulfilling the Promise
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is 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. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, Komen has invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill its promise, becoming the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in the world.
Breast Cancer Then and Now
For the past 25 years, Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer - transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors. Komen is proud of its contribution to some real victories:
- More early detection - nearly 75 percent of women over 40 years old now receive regular mammograms, the single most effective tool for detecting breast cancer early (in 1982, less than 30 percent received a clinical exam).
- More hope - the five-year survival rate for breast cancer, when caught early before it spreads beyond the breast, is now 98 percent (compared to 74 percent in 1982).
- More research - the federal government now devotes more than $900 million each year to breast cancer research, treatment and prevention (compared to $30 million in 1982).
- More survivors - America's 2.3 million breast cancers survivors, the largest group of cancer survivors in the U.S., are a living testament to the power of society and science to save lives.
Seeing it Through
Komen views its 25th anniversary not as a celebration, but as a watershed moment in the fight to end breast cancer. It's a time to take stock of where we are, realign our resources and recommit to finally, once and for all, finish what we started. And because so many millions of people are counting on us, we will invest an additional $2 billion over the next decade to do exactly that.
- Without a cure, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer - a devastating disease with physical, emotional, psychological and financial pain that can last a lifetime.
- Without a cure, an estimated 5 million Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and more than 1 million could die - over the next 25 years.
- Without a cure, an estimated 25 million women around the world will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and 10 million could die - over the next 25 years.
TwentyTen - Trail Ride for the Cure®
October 2, 2010 • East Fork State Park • Bethel, OH
TwentyTen
Trail Ride for the Cure®
Benefitting the Greater Cincinnati
Affiliate of Susan G. Komen
for the Cure
Date: Saturday, October 2, 2010
Time: Registration from
8 - 10 a.m., Ride out at 11 a.m.
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Location: East Fork State Park
Bethel, Ohio
Horseman's Day Ride Area
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There will be a guided full-day ride, as well as a guided half-day ride, courtesy of OHC and Mounted Search and Rescue,
Clermont County .
