Philanthropy

Safeway Inc. funds mobile mammography clinic with $800,000 gift

Published in Cancer Law Weekly, January 13th, 2007

A gift of $800,000 from the Seattle, Washington, division of Safeway Inc. to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) will bring a mobile mammography clinic with the latest diagnostic-technology tools to women who may not otherwise be screened for breast cancer.

Greg Sparks, president of Safeway's Seattle division, announced the gift at a Safeway store on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Sparks displayed a check representative of the funds raised through a companywide campaign and presented an artist's conception of the mobile clinic.

Starting in 2007, the clinic on wheels will reach women who lack easy access to mammograms due to difficulties with...

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Source: Cancer Law Weekly (2007-01-13)

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