Our Partner Stories
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The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is proud to partner with many individuals and organizations in the fight against ALL cancers affecting women. These partnerships are saving lives!
Partnering for a Purpose...
Kay Yow Cancer Fund Awards $50,000 Grant to Upstate Cancer Center She Matters Program
Raleigh, NC (February 8, 2023) – The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is proud to announce its most recent underserved grant in a check presentation to Upstate Cancer Center in Syracuse, NY. The $50,000 grant was awarded to the She Matters program in conjunction with the Upstate Foundation and will be used to support their peer-to-peer
Kay Yow Cancer Fund awards $150,000 grant to Carle BroMenn Medical Center
Enhancing quality cancer care for underserved women at Carle Cancer Institute Normal. RALEIGH, NC (January 20, 2023) – The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, in partnership with Illinois State Athletics and Carle Health Center for Philanthropy, announces a $150,000 grant to be awarded to Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, IL to benefit outreach efforts
Las Vegas Aces ‘Pink Out the House’ For The Kay Yow Cancer Fund
WNBA’s Aces and Sky Knock Out Triple Negative Breast Cancer One 3 Pointer at a Time Raleigh, NC – The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is thrilled to have two powerhouse franchises from the WNBA joining our team in the fight against all cancers affecting women. The Las Vegas Aces, member of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA),
Kay Yow Cancer Fund Partners with WNBA Player Jasmine Thomas as National Ambassador
Thomas’ support inspired by emotional cancer diagnosis close to home Raleigh, NC (July 18, 2022) – The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is excited to welcome Jasmine Thomas as a National Brand Ambassador. As an ambassador, the Connecticut Sun team captain will promote women’s health equity, unify the sports community to break down barriers to quality
National Brand Ambassador: Jasmine Thomas
Jasmine (Jas) Thomas is a WNBA player for the Connecticut Sun. Some things that you might already know about Jas are her height at 5’ 9”, she played at Duke University, and she has scored over 3,400 points in her career. What you won’t find on a stat sheet is Jasmine Thomas’ passion for people.
SportClips & the Kay Yow Cancer Fund
As a non-profit, life is always exciting when partnering organizations are able to take their sphere of influence and use it for the greater good. With hundreds of stores across the US, Sport Clips is a business with the opportunity to make a big impact. And their support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund just
KAY YOW CANCER FUND AWARDS $100,000 GRANT TO DR. DEEPALI SACHDEV OF MASONIC CANCER CENTER
Minneaplis, MN (March 30, 2022) — The Kay Yow Cancer Fund® has awarded a $100,000 cancer research grant to Dr. Deepali Sachdev of Masonic Cancer Center for research in the area of Triple Negative Breast Cancer with an emphasis on its disproportionate effects on Black women. The grant was awarded in support of Dr. Sachdev’s
Savannah Boats
If you have been a supporter of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund over the last 18 months, you remember a beautiful pink boat that was raffled off last April. And now, as we settle into another year, we have a gorgeous Kay Yow Cancer Fund 15th Anniversary Edition SS21 being raffled – but why? How
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