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Tigerlily Foundation is proud to support the Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young (EARLY) Act. The EARLY Act has more than 360 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and more than 30 in the Senate. The EARLY Act is sponsored in the House of Representatives by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Donna Christensen (D-VI) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT). It is sponsored in the Senate by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). With $9 million per year in proposed funding for five years, the EARLY Act would implement a national education campaign about the risks that young adult women (under 45) face from breast cancer. The bill would also provide assistance to young women who have the disease.

The EARLY Act would create:

A public health campaign to teach young women that breast cancer can and does occur in young women, and to help them establish healthy breast habits to follow as they mature;
An education campaign to increase awareness among health care providers that breast cancer occurs in young women and knowledge of the risk factors for breast cancer in young women; and
Support services for young women with breast cancer.

The EARLY Act empowers young women to:

LEARN the facts
KNOW their bodies
SPEAK up for their health
EMBRACE support

Information on EARLY Act:

Senate Bill S994
EARLY Act Brief
EARLY Act Myths and Facts
List of Organizations Supporting the EARLY Act

Articles on EARLY Act:

Nancy Brinker article
Ernie Bodai article
Elect Women Magazine Article

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