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Security Traders Association of Florida Selects Promise Fund as its 2025 Charitable Foundation Honoree
West Palm Beach, FL, October 23, 2024 – Promise Fund, a South Florida based non-profit that offers no-cost breast and cervical cancer screenings and continuum care for uninsured and under insured women in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin Counties, has been selected by Security Traders Association of Florida to honor as its 2025 Charitable Foundation. STA Florida is the leading trade organization for individual professionals in the securities industry whose mission is to improve ethics, business standards and working environment for its members. The official presentation to Promise Fund will take place at STA Florida’s 43rd Annual Conference, February 27 – March 1, 2025.
Founded in 2018 by Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, Promise Fund is dedicated to increasing survivorship from breast and cervical cancer by providing guided support and access to screenings, as well as early detection, treatment, and beyond. To date, the organization has reached 40,208 individuals through outreach and education and has impacted the lives of 14,576 women through access to screenings, diagnostics, and care.
“Many women encounter barriers to screening and diagnosis primarily due to work commitments, childcare, lack of transportation, and fear of the costs,” said Ambassador Brinker. “Knowing that early detection saves lives, we’re working every day to make sure we eliminate those barriers and reach our goal of screening 100% of underserved women in our local communities. It’s the first and most critical step in ensuring these women get the early care they deserve.”
The organization co-locates its Promise Fund Women’s Health Program in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), which provide access to Patient Navigation, mammography and breast ultrasounds and help women access treatment for cancer if needed. In addition, dedicated patient navigators are there every step of the way—guiding women through the screening process and coordinating treatment if a cancer diagnosis is made.
“With the support of STA Florida, we can continue to spread our message that help is available to those women who need it,” said Ambassador Brinker. “We are extremely grateful to partners such as STA Florida who so enthusiastically support our cause.”
To learn more, visit thepromisefund.org. Follow on Instagram @thepromisefund and on Facebook @PromiseFundofFL.
STA Florida Selects the Promise Fund of Florida to Honor as its 2024 Charitable Foundation
The Promise Fund of Florida inspires stories of hope and transformation in women’s healthcare. The Promise Fund of Florida, a remarkable not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2018 by Nancy G. Brinker in honor of her sister, Susan G. Komen. Their mission is to ensure that every woman has access to preventative screenings and treatment for breast and cervical cancer, regardless of the barriers to care.
Breast and Cervical Cancer, when detected early, boast impressively high cure rates of 99% and 95%, respectively. Such advancements in medical science and early detection techniques are a cause for celebration. However, it is disheartening to witness the number of women still facing challenges in accessing the healthcare they desperately need.
Enter the Promise Fund, the hero of this story. Through its innovative Continuum of Care model, the Promise Fund is creating systemic change in healthcare service delivery. Patient Navigators, the organization’s compassionate and well-trained superheroes, build trusted relationships with patients. These navigators are culturally competent, bilingual, and carefully selected from the community, undergoing rigorous training in breast and cervical health, navigation, and reporting. They help patients overcome barriers to care, arranging transportation, childcare, and translation services.
The Promise Fund has partnered with esteemed providers, including Tenet Healthcare Corporation (state-wide), Baptist Health South Florida – Baptist Cancer Care, and Moffit Cancer Center in Tampa, to offer pro bono or reduced-cost healthcare services, thus alleviating the burden of the complex healthcare system.
In 2020, the Promise Fund piloted a co-located Women’s Health Center at a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) in West Palm Beach, Florida. FQHCs are vital community-based facilities that provide comprehensive primary care services to uninsured or low-income individuals in areas of high need. The center offers mammography screening, breast ultrasound, cervical health services, and more.
The impact of the navigators and the Women’s Health Center has been remarkable, engaging over 25,000 women, treating over 80 cancers, and helping more than 5,000 women find medical homes. Additionally, over 19,000 women received education and outreach, while more than 4,000 mammograms and 2,000 pap tests were conducted at little to no cost to the patients.
The Promise Fund’s patient-centered approach has yielded impressive results. Over 98% of women navigated by the organization comply with receiving their screening mammogram, far surpassing the national average. Research consistently shows that patient navigators significantly improve patient outcomes by facilitating early screening and timely access to treatment, reducing disease progression and healthcare costs.
Buoyed by the success of their Women’s Health Center, the Promise Fund is replicating this model in three additional FQHCs in Palm Beach and Broward County and expanding to Miami-Dade, St. Lucie, and Martin Counties. They are also making waves at the state-level, collaborating with the Florida Association of Health Plans and hosting Legislative Receptions in Tallahassee to advocate for women’s health, health equity, and access to care.
With continued support, both public and private, the Promise Fund aims to expand navigation services and co-locate Women’s Health Centers statewide and beyond, leaving no woman in Florida without essential breast and cervical cancer resources.
Your support will make a meaningful difference in the lives of countless women, empowering them to access life-saving healthcare services without barriers.
Let us come together to celebrate the triumphs of medical science and early detection while ensuring that every woman can access the care she deserves. The Promise Fund is making a profound impact, and with your help, their mission can reach even greater heights.
To learn more about the Promise Fund, visit www.promisefundofflorida.org
2023 STA FL Conference Features Resident DJ, DJ Dhave and Guest DJ, DJ Double S
This year’s conference will feature two DJs providing music for Friday’s Networking Reception and Saturday’s Closing Reception.
For over 20 years, David Luckain has cemented his reputation as an elite DJ by being one of the select few able to take audiences worldwide on a sonic journey through jazz, disco, rock, reggae, pop, hip-hop and many other genres of music.
New York City’s own DJ Double S (Stephen Seidita) has been a resident spinning in almost all the major clubs and lounges in New York. He has also toured and spun in犀利士
Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Cancun, Toronto, Montreal, and Madrid.
To learn more about this year’s DJs, click here.
STA Florida Selects Kids Beating Cancer as 2023 Conference Charity
STA Florida is pleased to announce Kids Beating Cancer as the 2023 Conference charity organization.
Kids Beating Cancer’s Mission
Every new year is filled with exciting possibilities, and for Kids Beating Cancer, 2022 marks our 30th year!
Thirty years of carrying out our mission of providing children ACCESS to life-saving treatments through the science of cellular therapy and advancing pediatric innovative, novel, research, moving new discoveries to patient care, while supporting the children and their families throughout the journey to a cure. Science is the Cure to Saving Children’s Lives.
Their Philosophy:
Keep Hope Alive
Fight for a Cure for Every Child Keep the Family Together
Their Vision for the Future:
Kids Beating Cancer’s 30th Anniversary vision going forward is to have a place dedicated to curing children by establishing the Kids Beating Cancer Research & Children’s Center. “Our focus today and going forward remains on the belief we all strive for – the day when no child will die before they can experience the joy of life. The Kids Beating Cancer Research & Children’s Center will be a gift to the children of central Florida and beyond, allowing our philosophy: to keep hope alive, to fight for a cure for every child, and to keep the family together, to flourish. Science and treatment will continue to be at the apex, where knowledge, treatment and family support coalesce to cure a little boy or girl,” states Margaret Guedes, founder of Kids Beating Cancer.
To learn more about Kids Beating Cancer, visit their website, download the About Us brochure, or this list of the organization’s accomplishments.
STA Florida adds Kids’ Night events to the 2020 Conference
STA Florida is excited to announce the addition of events for kids at this year’s conference. Kids’ Night will allow attendees to leave their kids with Professional Caregivers. A wide variety of activities will be available to kids including toys, crafts, and movies!
To learn more about this exciting event, view our Kids’ Night flyer.