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PBCC'S INCOME TAX CHECK-OFF
TOPS $1 MILLION FOR PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCHERS
(Ephrata, PA) Tax time is upon us, and for the
fifth year, PA residents can use their pen to
aid in the fight against breast cancer. Just by
checking line 35 on tax form PA 40, Pennsylvania
residents can donate a part or all of their state
income tax refunds to breast and cervical cancer
research.
Since the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s
Income Tax Check-Off was signed into law in 1997,
this highly successful and unique cancer research
initiative has raised over $1 million
for Pennsylvania based cancer researchers. Thousands
of PA taxpayers contribute an average of $8.00
from their refunds and recognize the PBCC’s
Income Tax Check Off as the most popular “refund
donation option.”
Halpin-Murphy said, “When
we began the Income Tax Check-Off we knew it would
provide vital, life-saving research. The
incredible success of this simple and effective
way to raise research dollars renews our commitment
to find a cure for breast cancer now…
so our daughters won’t have to.©”
Ms. Halpin-Murphy co-chairs the PA Cancer Control,
Prevention and Research Advisory Board’s
Income Tax Check-Off Committee, which recommends
how the refund donations should be distributed.
The PBCC, founded in 1993,
is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending
the breast cancer epidemic through research, education,
outreach and advocacy. As the only statewide grassroots
organization that speaks to and for breast cancer
survivors, the PBCC insured the passage of two
crucial pieces of Commonwealth legislation: The
Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Act, which
allows taxpayers to donate all or part of their
state income tax refunds to breast and cervical
cancer research; and The Breast Cancer Reconstructive
Surgery Act, which mandates insurance coverage
for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction and
prohibits out-patient mastectomies.
The PBCC serves each of the
Commonwealth's 67 counties through the Income
Tax Check-Off, Mother's
Day Mammograms®, the Keystone
Breast Cancer Conference, and 67
Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania.
For more information about the PBCC visit our
website at www.pabreastcancer.org
or call 717/738-9567 or toll free 1-800-377-8828.
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