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  March 28, 2011

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• WE CARE FREE MAMMOGRAM PROGRAM SURPASSES 3000 SCREENINGS

  PALM SPRINGS, CA – March 25, 2011:  Desert Women for Equality is proud to announce that its We Care Free Mammogram Program has surpassed 3,000 screenings at its March 17 clinic in Palm Desert. Staffed entirely by volunteers, the program began offering free life-saving mammograms for the Coachella Valley’s uninsured and underinsured women over 40 in June 2006. According to the American Cancer Society’s statistics,  the program’s efforts have resulted in 378 cancer interventions...
   

• CATHEDRAL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HONORS FREE MAMMOGRAM PROGRAM

  PALM SPRINGS, CA – January 31, 2011:  At the January 12th Cathedral City Council meeting, William Soqui, Fire Department Chief, presented a check for $1700 to Desert Women for Equality Vice President Laury Searle. The check represented a fund raising campaign by the fire department which began last October during Breast Cancer Awareness month...
   

   

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DECEMBER 15TH CATHEDRAL CITY CLINIC ADDS ANOTHER 72

Cathedral  City City Hall served as a clinic site allowing our We Care program to add another 72 completed mammograms on December 15, 2011. What a way to bring in the New Year.  We have now completed  close to  4,000 mammograms! 
 In addition, at the December clinic we saw   three women who presented with immediate breast problem needs and they were referred immediately for care.  Without our program, these women may not have had access to immediate care and  2012 may have been a deadly year for them. 
The first women were filing out their paperwork by 8:45 AM and the final mammogram of the day was completed at 4:40 PM which marked another very busy and long day for the hard working clinic volunteers and the devoted X-ray technicians who all worked steadily and tirelessly throughout the day.
The 2012 schedule has been posted on our web site and the anticipation of another year of thirteen clinics over a twelve month period will begin in January 2012.
At the close of this clinic it is hard to not smile and feel very proud of this organization which made it possible in 2011 for well over 1,100 women to obtain a free mammogram.We look forward to reaching the 4,000th mammogram before the end of February 2012.  Watch for that notice.

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(Click here or on the 2012 above to download the english version of the schedule)

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SPANISH VERSION OF 2011 CLINIC SCHEDULE

(Haga clic aquí o en el 2012 de arriba para descargar la versión en español del programa)

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011 THOUSAND PALMS MAKES IT 3,737

One of the Physician Diagnostic Imaging x-ray machines was out of service on the day of our clinic so the We Care Free Mammogram Program  team had to reschedule many women to different clinics.  It certainly was a challenging day but everyone rose to the occasion and we were able to complete 44 mammograms.

This was only the second time since June 2006 that we have experienced equipment failure and that is quite a feat and a testament to the high-quality maintenance performed by Physician Diagnostic Imaging

Appointments on their x-ray equipment.  

Our program is expecting to complete over 3,800 mammograms at the close of 2011.  In our seventh year of operation we have scheduled 13 clinics--one a month plus two scheduled for September 2012.

The final 2011 clinic is scheduled for the Cathedral City City Hall on December 15, 2011 and is completely booked.  Clinics for 2012 are booking at this time and the numbers of returning women to these clinics makes it even more important that an appointment is made in advance of the clinic date. Because of the great need, we may not be able to take as many walk-ins as we have in the past.

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