Avon Foundation! Disaster Relief, Breast Cancer Crusade and Domestic Violence

The Avon Foundation has been improving and saving women’s lives since it was founded in 1955, and we are proud to be the largest corporate philanthropy dedicated to women’s causes globally.  Today our mission is focused on breast cancer and domestic violence, as well as emergency and disaster relief, touching lives across the country and around the world.  Through 2011, Avon global philanthropy has raised and donated more than $860 million worldwide.

Avon Breast Cancer Crusade
The Avon Breast Cancer Crusade was launched in 1992 as a small pioneering program in the U.K. Avon in the U.S. adopted the Crusade the following year. Over the last 19 years, Avon philanthropy has raised and donated over $740 million to breast cancer programs around the world, supporting cutting-edge research to find a cure for or prevent breast cancer as well as programs that enable all patients to access quality care.Funding supports awareness and education: screening and diagnosis; access to treatment; support services; and scientific research. Beneficiaries of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade range from leading cancer research and clinical centers to community-based, non-profit breast health education programs.

Numerous Avon Crusade programs raise funds and awareness for the cause including:
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Series
Walk Around the World for Breast Cancer
Crusade Pink Ribbon fundraising products
Speak Out Against Domestic Violence
One in three women in the U.S. will become a victim of abuse or partner violence in her life, and it is estimated some 15 million children witness violence in their families each year.   To help end this devastating cycle, the Avon Foundation launched Speak Out Against Domestic Violence in 2004 to support domestic violence awareness, education and prevention programs, as well as direct services for victims and their families.  Through the end of 2011, in the U.S. alone, we have awarded more than $28 million for the domestic and gender violence cause, including support for awareness, education, direct service and prevention programs. Funds and visibility are raised through the sale of special Speak Out and Empowerment fundraising products, magazine Public Service Announcements and Walk the Course Against Domestic Violence a fundraising event launched in 2009 with the PGA Tour Wives Association.

Emergency Relief
As global corporate citizens, Avon Products, Inc. and the Avon Foundation for Women together respond quickly to national and international emergencies. Since 2001 nearly $23 million has been awarded for women and their families affected by natural disasters, including: response after the attacks of September 11, 2001; assistance for military service personnel lost or wounded in Iraq and other armed conflicts; and campaigns to assist victims of the tsunami in southeast Asia; Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; and earthquake victims in China, and Haiti.
Contacts for the Avon Foundation can be found link below!
http://www.avonfoundation.org/avon-foundation-for-women-contacts.html