MONTEGO BAY, St. James – JN Cash clients have donated $1 million to the Jamaica Most cancers Society (JCS) and Jamaica Attain to Restoration, its affiliate, to fight rising prices and useful resource challenges within the battle in opposition to breast most cancers. The funds, raised via the JN Group’s annual ‘Take the Courageous Steps’ marketing campaign in October 2024, had been not too long ago offered to the organizations.
Breast most cancers stays the main explanation for cancer-related deaths amongst Jamaican girls. The JN Cash initiative allowed clients in the UK, United States of America, Canada, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica to contribute to the trigger.
Sanya Wallace, assistant normal supervisor, technique, advertising and marketing and gross sales at JN Cash, emphasised the significance of collective motion and JN Cash’s dedication to the communities it serves. “Our clients have constantly demonstrated their generosity,” Wallace said, highlighting their assist even through the COVID-19 pandemic. “This donation displays their selflessness and our dedication to creating a significant distinction.”
Michael Leslie, performing govt director of JCS, expressed gratitude for the donation, stating it’ll bolster screening applications and academic actions. He famous that JCS conducts roughly 200 mammography screenings per week at a backed value, emphasizing the significance of early detection.
Sandra Samuels, president of Jamaica Attain to Restoration, defined that the funds will assist monetary, psychological, and different important help to these affected by breast most cancers. The group offers as much as $100,000 per particular person for assessments, scans, and medicine, requiring a health care provider’s referral and bill for disbursement. “Many ladies can not even discover the primary greenback to begin the method of restoration,” Samuels defined, highlighting the expense of breast most cancers remedy. “Donations like these are so essential to charities like ours as they help us to help underserved girls who could in any other case not be capable of entry assist throughout their troublesome breast most cancers journey.”
