congratulations!

Dear judi,

Congratulations, Nancy, on a well deserved honor!
I wanted to share with you an exciting announcement that once again demonstrates the leadership of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® in the global battle against breast cancer.
Yesterday, our founder, Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, was honored at a White House reception, where she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – our nation's highest civilian honor.
Nancy joined a prestigious group of medal honorees that includes Desmond Tutu, Senator Edward Kennedy, and physicist Stephen Hawking.
This honor, coupled with Nancy's appointment by the World Health Organization as an Ambassador for Cancer Control, is an extraordinary recognition of Komen for the Cure's impact across the country and around the world. In just one generation, Nancy's leadership and vision has enabled Komen to invest more than $1.3 billion into research, education and community health programs across the United States and beyond our borders.
These investments have brought new treatments, better outcomes and better support for millions of women and men in the United States facing a breast cancer diagnosis.
Around the world, almost a decade of Komen's work with governments and health leaders is bearing fruit in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Africa – low and middle-income areas of the world where the need is very great and resources for women are very scarce.
Nancy Brinker will be undertaking significant cancer challenges in her role with the World Health Organization. Fortunately, 27 years doing the tough work, at the forefront of the breast cancer movement, has prepared her – and Komen – for the challenges ahead.
Regards,
Hala ModdelmogSusan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance