Chadron, Ne. – April, 2015 – Susan G. Komen® Nebraska has awarded a $30,500.00 grant to Chadron Community Hospital for its Circle of Light program that provides short-term financial assistance to current breast cancer patients in western Nebraska.

Komen® Nebraska recently announced that ten organizations across the state have received community grants totaling $577,600 collectively. Organizations receiving grants will provide breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment services starting now through March 2016.

At Chadron Community Hospital the grant from Komen Nebraska will support Circle of Light, which is a program that helps cancer patient with financial assistance while they are undergoing treatment.  The Susan G. Komen funds will go to assisting Breast Cancer patients. The program helps patients from Dawes, Sioux, Sheridan, Box Butte and Western Cherry County in Nebraska.

“We are so pleased to receive this grant again this year from the Susan G. Komen Nebraska.  As we all know, living in rural Nebraska you may have to travel long distances to receive treatment or to see your cancer physician.  This means added expenses, while a lot of times patients are missing work, or living on a fixed income.  These funds allow us to give a financial helping hand to these patients to help with Medical, Travel or Living expenses,” Jodi Dannar, Co-Chairman.

Since its founding more than two decades ago, Susan G. Komen® Nebraska has provided more than $6.5 million in education and breast health programs throughout Nebraska. It serves a 91-county area in Nebraska, excluding Dakota and Thurston counties which are supported by another Komen affiliate. Up to 75 percent of net proceeds generated by Komen Nebraska fund community-based programs and the remaining proceeds fund groundbreaking national research. For more information, visit komennebraska.org or join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.