Free Mammogram Screenings Offered in Cumming This Month

Patch Staff Report

The BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center, a 39-foot-long, state-of-the-art screening center on wheels, will stop at Belk stores in Cumming, Canton and Gainesville, during the week of April 22 to offer free, convenient mammogram screenings. 

Women age 40 and over with no breast concerns, who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months and have a primary care physician are eligible by calling 855-655-BMMC (2662) to schedule an appointment. The dates and locations are:

Tuesday, April 22

9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Belk – 1447 Riverstone Parkway, Canton, GA 30114

 

Thursday, April 24

9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Belk – 520 Lakeland Plaza, Cumming, GA 30040

 

Saturday, April 26

9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Belk – 150 Pearl Nix Parkway, Gainesville, GA 30501

After receiving their mammograms, women also can visit the Intimate Apparel area in their Belk stores to receive complimentary bra fittings.

All screening exams are performed by Charlotte Radiology’s licensed, female mammography-certified technologists. A board-certified radiologist, specialized in breast imaging will interpret the mammogram. Confidential results will be sent to the patient and her primary care physician.

Belk, the nation’s largest privately operated department store, launched BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography in 2013 in partnership with Charlotte Radiology.

This mobile mammography center will bring convenient, digital screening and awareness to all Belk markets with the journey beginning in 232 stores throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia through January 2015.

In its first year, the mobile unit performed more than 4,500 mammograms throughout the Southeast that resulted in 14 cancer diagnoses. 

Belk’s $6 million investment in this program marks the retailer’s deep commitment to women’s health issues and breast cancer education and is the company’s single largest charitable contribution to date. Belk is the only retailer of its kind to form a partnership alongside community and health organizations by extending breast cancer screening and increasing breast cancer awareness through its own operation.

For more information, call 855-655-BMMC (2662) or go to www.belk.com/pink.