KeyBank Foundation and Susan G. Komen for the Cure® to Introduce Novel Community Health Program for Underserved Women in Canton

June 13 Breast Health Summit Kicks Off Komen Community Health Advisor Training Program

CANTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Community health leaders and volunteers on June 13 will launch a grassroots program to serve uninsured, low-income and medically underserved women in the Canton area. Community health leaders and representatives of KeyBank and Susan G. Komen for the Cure will lead a Regional Breast Health Summit, followed by training of 20 volunteers as Komen Community Health Advisors.

Canton becomes the third KeyBank city to benefit from the Komen Community Health Advisors. KeyBank is donating $1 million to Komen to launch the training in 18 cities.

WHAT:	Canton Regional Breast Health Summit
WHEN:	June 13, 2012 – 8-9:30 a.m. (followed by training of Komen Community Health Advisors from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
WHERE:	The McKinley Grand Hotel
	320 Market Ave South
	Canton, OH 44702
WHO:	Giustina Brechbill, CNS, AOCN, CBEC - Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Cancer Program Business Coordinator, Aultman Hospital
	Sommer Gunia, DO - General Surgery Resident, Affinity Medical Center
	Melonie Michelson, MA - Program Coordinator, D. Gary Benfield Regional Fetal Treatment Center, Akron Children’s Hospital
	Jeffrey L. Smith - Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Mercy Medical Center
	Emcee and Panel Moderator: Betty Smith - Community Activist and Host of Channel 11’s “On Track with Betty Mac”
	Survivor Story: Vickie Hogan - Two time breast cancer survivor and volunteer with the ANGEL network at Mercy Medical Center

About Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer. Today, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® works to end breast cancer in the U.S. and throughout the world through ground-breaking research, community health outreach, advocacy and programs in more than 50 countries. Visit komen.org. Connect with us on Facebook and Twitter.