LIBERTY COUNTY, GA – Liberty County Health Department staff, along with breast cancer survivors from the BRAVE III (Be Readily Available and Very Empathetic) Project, recently raffled off a handmade quilt and raised close to $500 for the Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia Affiliate.
The mission of the BRAVE project is to increase access to preventive breast health education, and provide screening mammograms, early diagnostic procedures, and client navigator and tracking services to African American women in rural Liberty County and Hispanic women in Long County. The BRAVE project has received grant funding from the Komen Coastal Georgia Affiliate for the past several years and as a result, more than 500 women have been screened for breast cancer and more than 300 have received screening mammograms free of charge.
“Fundraising is a way that women who have benefited from the BRAVE grant can give something back to the Komen Coastal Georgia Affiliate so other women can benefit from similar services in the future,” said Liberty County Health Department Nurse Manager, Annie Washington, R.N.
Fleming resident, Eunice Dudley, made the quilt. Coastal Health District Health Director and breast cancer survivor, Diane Weems, M.D., was the lucky winner.
“It is so fitting that Dr. Weems is the recipient of the quilt,” said Washington. “She has really done a lot to promote breast cancer education and awareness in Liberty County and is a great champion for the BRAVE project.”
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Quilt winner, Dr. Diane Weems, and members of the Suzie Q’s breast cancer support group and BRAVE III Project. Picture IDs are below: Front row left to right: Dahiana Rivas, BRAVE Project patient navigator; Leola Lambert, R.N., cancer survivor; Dr. Diane Weems, breast cancer survivor and Health Director of the Coastal Health District. Back row left to right: Cheryl Banks, LPN; Valarie Smitherman, Public Health Technician; Linda Spellman, LPN; Stephanie Martin, R.N.; and LaTonya Turner, R.N. (Click on image for full screen view).
