Imagine a world without breast cancer. It will happen. How quickly is up to you.

It is a race against time, with the lives of our mothers, sisters, daughters and friends hanging in the balance. Each year 1.7 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer, and 522,000 die from the disease. Imagine being able to stop the breast cancer disease and its tragic consequences.

At Susan G. Komen, we make every penny count. In fact, 75 cents of every dollar we raise goes toward treating and curing breast cancer.

It may be your donation that pushes us past a major turning point in discovering and delivering the cures. On behalf of the women who will be diagnosed this year, next year and in the decade ahead, we urge you to do as much as you can as soon as you can. You can rest assured we’ll put your contribution to good use.

Gifts of Stock

Your stock broker can assist you in making a gift of stock via a direct transfer to Susan G. Komen^® Miami/Ft. Lauderdale. Giving a gift of publicly traded stock that has increased in value and that you have owned for more than one year may provide greater tax benefits than giving cash. Your charitable income tax deduction may be equal to the fair market value of the stock and you could avoid paying the capital gains tax on any increase in the current value over the original cost of the stock. You may also save by not incurring brokerage fees because you are transferring ownership rather than selling the stock.