How You Can Help (Hint: It’s EASY!)

There are at least four ways you can help, and all four of them are extremely quick and easy!

1. Contact Komen (HQCommunications@komen.org) and ask them to spend at least 50% of their expenditures on research grants, as well as to display the percentage breakdown of their priorities clearly on their homepage.

2. Donate to breast cancer charities that spend a far greater percentage on research. We have two suggestions in the video but there are many other options as well. The two that we suggest as far better alternatives to Komen for research are METAvivor and Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), both of which spend at least 90% of their expenditures on research grants. If you wish to go directly to the donation pages of these charities, you can do so here: METAvivor and BCRF.

(Not only are we NOT associated with those charities, but they have no idea we are doing this. They have no involvement.)

As we stated above, there are MANY better options than Komen when it comes to supporting research. Although there are too many good alternatives to name here, generally donations to large research institutions like Memorial Sloan Kettering, Fred Hutchinson, Dana Farber, or any university-based breast cancer research program will result in a greater percentage of your dollars supporting research.

3. Share this video: Spread the word about CureKomen.org and #CureKomen

4. Since the initial protest in New York, we’ve had many requests from people all over the country to buy our #CureKomen T-shirts, as well as inquiries about how to obtain the business-card-sized “Awareness Cards” we gave away to runners at the New York City Race for the Cure. If you’d like to help inform participants at other Susan G. Komen events about how little of their money is being spent on research, you can find information about local Komen races and walks on their website. We have no idea how sustainable this offer is due to financial constraints, but while supplies last (we hate to sound infomercial-y, but it’s true), we would like to be able to offer a FREE Prescription Pack, which includes one T-shirt of your size (if we have it left) and a 250-pack of “Awareness Cards” to hand out at the event. We found people were generally VERY receptive to the cards and to receiving the information, especially because we offered them politely to runners and we did not criticize them or their efforts (nor is there any reason to have a negative tone with them; they are there because they want to help). Inquire about getting your Prescription Pack by sending us a message at curekomen@gmail.com.