RI Breast Cancer CoalitionNarrragansett BeachTwo Shoppers Park, Rt. 117
Coventry, RI 02816
Voice/TTY (401) 822-7984
Toll free (800) 216-1040

Help STOP Breast Cancer Before They Grow-Up...

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  • Become a Breast Cancer Advocate
  • Join the Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition
  • Support the women in your community with breast cancer
  • Make a tax-deductible donation to RIBCC today. Mail it to: RIBCC, Two Shoppers Park, Coventry, Rhode Island 02816.

Upcoming Event

Train to become a breast cancer advocate

“When you invite people to think, you are inviting revolution.” – INVONE GEBARA

We invite women and men, survivors and all persons interested in learning the tools for breast cancer advocacy to join us at the Annual Breast Cancer Advocacy Training Conference in Washington DC. The dates of the 2009 conference are May 2-5 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington DC. The conference is sponsored by the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC). To learn more   and to register go to www.stopbreastcancer.org or        call  866-640-0969.

7 Reasons to Support

Breast Cancer Advocacy

  1. ALL women are at risk for breast cancer.
  2. About 90% of women who develop breast cancer do NOT have a family history of the disease.
  3. A woman in the United States has about a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime.
  4. Every 3 minutes in this country, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer; and more than  40,000 die each year from the disease.
  5. Approximately 3,000,000 women in the United States are living with breast cancer.
  6. Over 28,000 women in Rhode Island have breast cancer.
  7. Breast Cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths for women in the United States (after lung cancer).