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Since the CDC Foundation began operating in 1995, we’ve forged a wide array of successful partnerships that boost the important work of CDC. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, the Foundation can accept funding and responsibly create programs that help donors and CDC scientists achieve their common goals. |
Avon / CDC Foundation Mobile Access Program
Description: To award seven community organizations grants to implement mobile mammography screening programs to reach underserved women, such as the uninsured or those living in geographically remote areas.
Partners: American College of Radiology; Avon Foundation; Multiple Grantees; National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC
CDC Foundation 10th Anniversary Heroes
At 5’2” and 5’5”, Brenda Janosko and Brandy Mutschler may look small behind the wheel of their 40-foot-long mobile mammography van. But together, these dynamos are packing a powerful punch in the fight against breast cancer. Read more
Breast Cancer Screening Hits the Road in Goshen, NC
The CDC Foundation, CDC and the Avon Foundation have partnered to support mobile mammography programs that bring mammograms right to the doorstep of women in underserved rural and urban communities. Read more
Foundation Program Officer Gives First-Hand Account of Visit
I hoped to see that all the paperwork, phone calls and negotiations I had completed at the Foundation, paired with the dedication of the Goshen Medical Center team, were giving underserved and uninsured women access to quality mammography services. Read more