Get Involved

 

Whether you have time on your hands, spare change in your pocket, or simply a desire in your heart to empower our community against a disease that hits every one in eight women the Komen Philadelphia Affiliate has wonderful and varied ways for you to get involved in our activism.

Did you know it only takes about $100 to fund a life-saving mammogram for a woman in need?  DONATE NOW, every dollar counts in empowering present and future generations to survive breast cancer

Other opportunities for you to get involved include:

 

  • Hosting a fundraiser: embrace people in your community, at work, at school or anywhere you gather with friends in the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer.  Chances are they'll thank you for the opportunity!

  • Volunteering: From sitting on committees to spending a few hours in the office, to helping host a race event for more than 120,000 people we have a place for you!

  • Internships: This opportunity offers aspiring young people a great step forward in launching a fulfilling, important career.

  • Sponsorships: Year-round our fundraisers, educational events and more depend on generous sponsors to make them successful… plus the exposure is great for advancing corporate community relations objectives.

  • ShopKomen.com: Love to shop?  They shop with a purpose… the merchandise is tops, and the cause it one you care about.

  • Passionately Pink for the Cure: Are you inspired to save a life, have fun, make a difference--all in one easy, empowering day? Show us your pink and you passion through this unique opportunity.

Be inspired by how others like you GET INVOLVED. Check out our community events photo galleries

 


 

 Rally for the Cure® is a grassroots program that works to spread awareness about breast health and breast cancer in  support of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® through volunteered-organized golf, tennis and other social events. Rally is the  cause-marketing arm of Condé Nast Publications and has been a valued partner of Komen for the Cure's since 1996.  Rally's primary goal is to support Komen's commitment to awareness as the first step in eliminating breast cancer. Since  its start in 1996, Rally has reached over 1.65 million participants and has raised more than $50 million for Komen.

 

 GET INVOLVED and help elevated the "Rally Tally" to empower the Komen breast cancer movement--here at home and around the world--as a Rally for the Cure Ambassador.  All it takes is a little extra planning to embrace people you have fun with as part of, for example:

Golf Leagues                               Croquet League                                             Scrapbooking Group                Watersports Club
Tennis Leagues                          Dining Club                                                     Soccer League                           Yacht Club
Bridge, Rummy Cards Club     Equestrian Group                                           Softball League
Bunco Club                                 Lacrosse/Field Hockey League                  Volleyball League
Bocce Club                                 Mahjong Group                                               Walker/Hiking Club

 

You plan and host the event with your group locally, Komen provides the support--from decorations, to literature and even the prize!  Learn more about Rally for the Cure and how you can become a Rally for the Cure Ambassador at www.RallyfortheCure.com.