In their first fundraiser to support Alabama breast cancer research, Effie’s Grill of Enterprise, Alabama, donated $1,100 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) earlier this month. Funds…
Dr. Shevde-Samant’s goal is to learn more about how obesity and high blood sugar levels can affect breast cancer and potentially find new ways to treat it. This is especially relevant for Alabama, a state where over 15% of adults have diabetes, and of these 80% are overweight-to-obese.
Since receiving funding from the BCRFA in 2021, Dr. Laura Q. Rogers’ has been hard at work finding ways to improve the health and extend the lives of cancer survivors.
The winners of the Spring CahabaQue BBQ Cook-Off have been announced, and the event raised $38,946 for breast cancer research in Alabama. The biannual event, held this year on April 15, drew an estimated 1,300 guests to Cahaba Brewing Co.
As special guest judges, Rodney and Nick will sample bbq from nearly 20 cook teams and help select the winner of Best CahaBUTT.
The 14th annual Pink Palace Casino Night raised $115,235 to fund local, lifesaving research across the state. 300 guests joined the BCRFA for an evening of fun and excitement.
BCRFA provided funds to help purchase and input some of the resources from which the UALCAN site pulls. As of December 2022, the UALCAN data-mining platform has had more than 1,080,000 page views from more than 100 countries.
Three local leaders join BCRFA Board of Cirectors; veteran volunteer begins term as Chair.
The 12th annual Calera Goes Pink events raised $60,634 for local breast cancer research. Since 2010, the City of Calera and commounity partners have raised over half a million dollars for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama though the grassroots campaign.
Our 50+ community partners raised over $194,000 (and counting!) to support breast cancer research in Alabama throughout October. From across the state, companies and organizations big and small mobilized their employees, supporters, and customers in the fight against breast cancer.
