Yvonne McCalla Scholarship Foundation Incorporated

THE ORGANIZATION ASPIRES TO PROMOTE AWARENESS, ENCOURAGE AND EDUCATE MINORITY WOMEN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATING IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH STUDIES AND TO ADDRESS THE SOCIOECNONOMIC AND BIOLGICAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGHER BREAST CANCER MORTALITY RATES FOR MONORITY WOMEN. THE FOUNDATION'S GOALS ARE TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH CANCER HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES THAT SPECIALIZE IN BREAST CANCER RESEARCH, TO ASSIST IN THEIR EFFORTS TO EXPLORE CHOMOTHERAPY DRUGS THAT ARE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE BIOLOGY OF MINORITY WOMEN. YMF INC. ENDEAVORS TO BEGIN THE EDUCATION OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS FOR ADOLESCENT WOMEN TO THE GERIATRIC POPULATION.