Friday, February 27, 2009

Randalls Reach Stretches from Rosenberg to The Woodlands

Houston-area Randalls locations raised $225,000 to benefit The Rose’s Mobile Mammography Program. The Mobile Mammography Program serves both insured and uninsured women. The unit travels throughout Harris and surrounding counties and may be booked by corporations, organizations, churches and clinics. The goal of mobile mammography is to eliminate some of the obstacles that women face.

Our generous funders and collaborating partners made it possible for us to take mammography into neighborhoods and office buildings to help eliminate some of the barriers, like transportation and time off work.

Last year, 3,714 women were served by The Rose’s Mobile Mammography Program. Of that number, 2,744 women were uninsured and 6 were diagnosed with breast cancer. The van went to 98 sites for a total of 241 visits in Harris and 5 surrounding counties.

Women 35 and older who are not experiencing any breast symptoms or problems can be screened through the Mobile Mammography Program. Those who are under 35, have been diagnosed with breast cancer within the prior two years, are pregnant or nursing, have implants or are experiencing symptoms cannot be screened on the mobile unit and need to schedule their imaging at one of The Rose’s facilities.
Randalls has been a long-time supporter of The Rose, donating nearly $637,000 since 1997.
(Left to Right): Leslie Nelson, Randalls Vice President of Finance; Dorothy Weston Gibbons, CEO and Co-founder of The Rose; and Tom Schwilke, President of Randalls