{"id":398849,"date":"2026-08-06T01:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398849\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T01:18:18","slug":"mammogram-poster-girls-donates-over-40000-for-breast-cancer-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/398849\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammogram Poster Girls donates over $40,000 for breast cancer screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo courtesy of Sheri Mathis.<\/p>\n

Oak Cliff-based nonprofit Mammogram Poster Girls<\/a> recently donated over $40,000 in grant funding to support screening and diagnostic mammograms.<\/p>\n

The funds were distributed to two organizations, with the Parkland Health Foundation receiving $17,500 and the Methodist Health System Foundation receiving $22,500.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of Sheri Mathis.<\/p>\n

The money will pay for the critical breast health services for underinsured and uninsured patients who are over the age of 40 and under the age of 40 if at high risk of breast cancer. Uses of the grant funds include:<\/p>\n

3D Screening mammograms for insured, underinsured, uninsured patients over the age of 40, AND under the age of 40 at high risk of breast cancer.\u00a0
\nDiagnostic mammograms; insured, underinsured, and uninsured patients over the age of 40, AND patients under the age of 40 at high risk of breast cancer.\u00a0
\nBreast ultrasound, sonogram, MRI, contrast-enhanced mammography, and other screening and diagnostic procedures for insured, underinsured and uninsured patients over the age of 40, AND patients under the age of 40 (at high risk of breast cancer).\u00a0
\nBreast biopsy procedures for insured, underinsured, and uninsured patients over the age of 40, AND patients under the age of 40 (at high risk of breast cancer).\u00a0
\nOther breast screening diagnostic procedures (including, but not limited to contrast-enhanced mammography and MRI) for insured, underinsured, and uninsured patients over the age of 40, AND patients under the age of 40 (at high risk of breast cancer).\u00a0
\nFunds may be applied to patient co-pays for breast screening and diagnostic procedures.
\nTransportation services for insured and uninsured breast cancer patients in need.
\nGenetic testing for breast cancer (high-risk patients).\u00a0
\nBreast cancer early detection education, training, screening, and diagnostic procedures not specified above.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mammogram Poster Girls, founded by two-time breast-cancer survivor Sheri Mathis<\/a> in 2017, has helped more than 3,000 patients through the donation of over $600,000 to fund breast cancer screening and diagnostic procedures at Methodist Health System, Parkland Health, Hill Regional Hospital and Rayus Imaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVictoria Hernandez is the Oak Cliff editor for Advocate Media. Prior to joining the Advocate, she wrote for Walton Insights, KUAF 91.3 and UARK Student Media. Victoria studied at the University of Arkansas, earning a B.A. in English\/Journalism with minors in history and gender studies and a M.A. in Journalism with a Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies. She can be reached by email at vhernandez@advocatemag.com\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Sheri Mathis. Oak Cliff-based nonprofit Mammogram Poster Girls recently donated over $40,000 in grant funding…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,122767,139995,10005,139996,139997,103421,139998,139999],"class_list":["post-398849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-mammogram","tag-mammogram-poster-girls","tag-mammograms","tag-mammograms-save-lives","tag-methodist-heath-system-foundation","tag-parkland-health-foundation","tag-sheri-mathis","tag-the-mammogram-poster-girls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}