BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS

Race for Cure proceeds distributed

Funds raised from the 1999 Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure at

Fashion Island in Newport Beach have been granted to various charitable

organizations throughout Orange County.

Recipients of the grants, which total $537,000, are nonprofit groups that

extend the reach of the Komen Foundation in the areas of breast cancer

education, outreach, screening and treatment.

Here are the organizations and the amounts, which will be distributed

over the coming year: $8,000 to Santa Ana-based American Cancer Society;

$10,000 to Garden Grove-based Breast Cancer Survivors; $38,224 to Santa

Ana-based Catholic Charities of Orange County; $15,000 to Irvine-based

Healing Odyssey; $137,592 to Huntington Beach Community Clinic; $7,977 to

Kids Konnected, based in Laguna Hills; $57,717 to the Laguna Beach

Community Clinic; $15,504 to the Orange County Breast Cancer Partnership

in Santa Ana; $15,000 to VNA Home Health Services in Santa Ana; $8,000 to

Laguna Beach-based South Coast Medical Center; $12,000 to Santa Ana-based

Stop Gap; $18,648 to the Western Law Center for Disability Rights --

Cancer Legal Resource Center in Los Angeles; and $193,232 for

YWCA-ENCORE-plus in Fullerton.

For more information about Komen Foundation programs or to obtain

applications for the next cycle of grants, call (714) 957-9157 or visit

the Web site at o7 www.ockomen.comf7 .