Tigerlily Foundation First Congressional Reception celebrating the EARLY Act

Tigerlily's Congressional reception celebrating the introduction of the EARLY Act - Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act. This legislation directs the Centers for Disease Control to develop and implement a national education campaign about the threat breast cancer poses to young women of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and the particular heightened risks of certain groups.

The campaign will help educate young women and better enable health care professionals to identify the specific threats and warning signs of breast cancer, which will lead to early diagnoses and saved lives. The bill calls for $9 million a year from 2010 to 2014.

The EARLY Act will also provide grants to organizations that support young women diagnosed with breast cancer in order to receive the assistance they need—including social and psychological support, fertility preservation counseling, and recurrence prevention training.

Introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). For more information, visit: http://wassermanschultz.house.gov/earlyact

For information on the Tigerlily Foundation, visit: www.tigerlilyfoundation.org

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