Latinas Contra Cancer (LCC) was born out of the necessity to increase cancer awareness and decrease mortality in the Latino community. The Agency is based in San Jose, CA in the Silicon Valley where almost a third of the population of the County is Latino. It was founded in September of 2003, incorporated in the State of California in 2004 and is a non-profit agency which received its 501c(3) in February 2005.LCC was founded by Ysabel Duron, a San Francisco newscaster and cancer survivor.
Milestones as of 2006
Clients Served
- 300 first time phone calls for support, information, resources
- 12 clients in case management
- 7 cancer patients ongoing support
- 22 returning support group patients and families
- 125-bras, wigs, prosthesis
Bi-lingual Website
- Launched Nov 2003
- 610, 284-Total visitors as of February 1, 2007
- 556-Average successful requests per day
Annual Walk Against Cancer
Mother’s Day Walk Against Cancer, Many Small Steps Making a Big Difference
- 3 Cancer Walks raising awareness about breast, prostate & lung cancer
- 1002 mostly Latino walkers
- $103 thousand raised (Net)
Breast Health Bingo/Signature Education Program
- Launched beta testing in 5 cities in 2004
- 750 Participants in 3 years
- Participant calls breast health bingo "sugar coated medicine."
- 2006 Chevron provides $50K grant to pilot BHB in 4 California cities as well as Houston, TX and Orlando, FL
2007 Major Projects
- Cervical Health Initiative-targeting 1000 Latinas at 4 Mother/Daughter rallies to promote pap screenings and the HPV vaccine
- Latino Men's Cancer Health Initiative-modeled on our bingo model approach to raise awareness about prostate, colorectal and lung cancer