Safeway Foundation Awards $650K to Beneficiaries of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Campaign

The Safeway Foundation's Cancer Research and Treatment campaign raised $450,000 in stores throughout the division during the month of May.  In addition, the foundation is awarding another $207,000 to beneficiaries of the campaign for a grand total of $657,000.  The money raised benefits a variety of local organizations that provide services for breast cancer research and treatment in Northern Nevada, Northern California and Hawaii.  

Grantees will receive funding for the following focus areas:

• Patients enrolled in trials.
• Increasing access to cancer prevention.
• Increasing access to alternative cancer medicine or treatment for the side effects of cancer therapy.