GA Breast Cancer Coalition Fund

The Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition (GBCC) and the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund (GBCCF) were founded in January, 1994 by Ruth Eldredge, Toby Sidman and Alba Tutnauer-three breast cancer survivors who wanted to give Georgians an organizational platform from which to mount the fight against breast cancer. Our mission is three-fold: to advocate, to educate and eventually to eradicate the disease of breast cancer. Our supporters work to educate breast cancer survivors and their friends and families, women's health advocates, the Georgia legislators, and the serious impact of the breast cancer epidemic on the lives of women and men.

Historically, the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition (GBCC) focused on advocacy and legislative issues while the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund (GBCCF) developed and promoted educational programming. As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary in 2004, both organizations will work as one unit under the domain of the Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund to accomplish our mission of educating the public and working to eradicate breast cancer.

In the last ten years, GBCCF has grown in a number of important ways - the number and quality of the GBCCF contributors has escalated, the events which benefited the GBCCF are both more newsworthy and more remunerative, the relationships we’ve built with both state and national representatives are helpful in our advocacy efforts, and the educational programs that we’ve sponsored are increasingly effective and drawing a wider audience.