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Contribution marks more than $1 million since 2004

Pictured in front of the mobile mammography coach with the check (l-r): Rob Backus, Susan Ruddy, Wanda Katinszky, Glenn Peterson and Al Parrish.

Carrs Safeway presented the Cancer Center with a check for $301,866 this past Monday at Providence. The funds were donated by Carrs Safeway, its employees and its customers during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October 2009. Since 2004, Carrs Safeway has contributed more than $1 million toward a mobile mammography motor coach, breast cancer screenings and research at Providence.

Monday also kicked-off free breast cancer screenings at Providence for women who are 40 and older and have financial need for a free mammogram. The screening took place April 26-29 at Providence Imaging Center by appointment. In 2009, these free screenings served 202 women. The mobile coach provided screenings to 1,364 women throughout southcentral Alaska. These breast cancer screenings were made possible by the generous support of Carrs Safeway.

Present at Monday's event were Al Parrish, chief executive of Providence Health & Services Alaska; Bruce Lamoureux, chief operating officer of Providence Health & Services Alaska; Wanda Katinszky, director of the Cancer Center; Paulette Compton, manager of Providence Imaging Center; Susan Ruddy, president of Providence Alaska Foundation; Glenn Peterson, manager of the Safeway Alaska district; and Rob Backus, district manager Denali Division. Speakers discussed how this funding and the partnership between Carrs Safeway and Providence help fight breast cancer in Alaska.

For more information on Safeway Foundation: http://www.safewayfoundation.org/

For more information on Providence Alaska Foundation: www.providence.org/alaska/foundation