Fete of Fashion

A message from Capital Breast Care Center:

Thank you to everyone who came out on February 27th to celebrate the Fete of Fashion with FashionFix as we helped to raise money for the Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC). The event was a tremendous success and we raised over $3,000 for the CBCC. We hope that you will continue to support them even long after the event is over. Your continued support will help the CBCC continue to serve underprivileged women have access to the breast cancer screening service they need.

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Your donation will make a difference in the lives of women in the DC metropolitan area:

• $20 covers the cost of mammography film for one patient.
• $80 provides gowns for 20 women, the number of patients CBCC sees in one day.
• $120 provides a clinical exam and mammogram to a patient who has a normal mammogram.
• $380 provides a clinical exam, mammography services, and diagnostic follow up for one woman with an abnormal mammogram. Nearly 20% of CBCC patients need this service.
• $500 enables a radiologist to read 10 mammograms.
• $1,000 provides diagnostic breast care services to 2 uninsured women

Breast cancer impacts women and their families every day. In fact, DC has some of the highest breast cancer mortality rates in the entire country. While some women are fortunate upon their diagnosis of breast cancer to have insurance, a good doctor, support network, and access to reliable transportation there are many women who are not as lucky.

Please join Fashion Fix in supporting Capital Breast Care Center, whose mission is to provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate breast cancer screening services and to promote health and wellness to women in the DC metropolitan area, regardless of their ability to pay.