Duke Energy Foundation Awards Grant to Little Red Door Cancer Agency Mammography Assistance Program

INDIANAPOLIS, IN., November 10, 2009…Little Red Door Cancer Agency’s ability to provide free cancer screenings to central Indiana’s uninsured population just got a little easier thanks in part to a grant received this fall. The Duke Energy Foundation awarded the cancer agency with a $20,000 grant to support the Mammography Assistance Program (MAP).

The Mammography Assistance Program assists in providing clients with clinical breast exams, screening and diagnostic mammograms, ultrasounds and biopsies. Mammograms are also provided by a mobile unit year round.

Screening for cancer is a crucial tool in detecting cancer when it is in an early, more treatable stage. Funding from both grants will enable the Mammography Assistance Program to continue to provide outreach and breast health education services to the community. Included in these services are free clinical breast exams and mammograms for uninsured and underinsured women living at or below 225% of the federal poverty level. Follow-up and navigational services to assist eligible clients in completing diagnostic and treatment services are available as well.

Little Red Door serves clients in the metropolitan Indianapolis area as well as seven surrounding counties including Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Morgan and Shelby. The agency works closely with more than 40 medical providers throughout the service areas to provide accessible services to clients.

About Little Red Door Cancer Agency

Established in 1945, Little Red Door Cancer Agency works to reduce the physical, emotional and financial burdens of cancer for the medically underserved of Central Indiana by providing free patient services, cancer screenings and education. For more information, call (317) 925-5595 or visit www.littlereddoor.org.