About Us

Mission

Komen's promise is to save lives and end breast cancer foreverby empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures.

The Lexington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is dedicated to combating breast cancer at every front. Up to 75 percent of the Affiliate’s net income goes toward funding grants to local hospitals and community organizations that provide breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs for medically underserved men and women. The remaining net income (a minimum of 25 percent) supports the national Komen grants program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific programs around the world.

The Komen Lexington Affiliate’s services area covers 58 Central and Eastern Kentucky counties.  Counties included in Komen Lexington service area: Adair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Harrison, Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Mason, McCreary, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Scott, Taylor, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, Woodford.

Thanks to the thousands of people who participant in the Susan G. Komen Lexington Race for the Cure®, Pink Tie Gala and other Affiliate events each year, dedicated corporate partners and generous donors, Komen Lexington is playing a vital role in fighting breast cancer in our Kentucky community. If you need any kind of service related to breast health please contact your local Susan G. Komen Affiliate at 859.368.7133 or 1-800-894-5699 or email us at missions@komenlexington.org to find the closest place to get service or support.