Where will your donation go?
The goals of Our M.O.M., Inc. include raising money to help prevent, detect, and cure this deadly form of skin cancer. With that being said, your donation will directly help our extensive education campaign.
Prevent - Our goal is to educate people on the importance of protecting their skin. Our message includes wearing sunscreen at all times in the sun. We are in the process of providing free sunscreen to schools, construction workers, swimming pools, and to St. Louis Cardinal Baseball fans! Our goal is to provide as much sunscreen as possible. We also give educational presentations to schools and companies around town. We are willing to present an education on melanoma to anyone and everyone, while providing educational materials, pamphlets, etc. We also hope to educate people on the negative effects of using tanning beds. Our message for prevention is clear - BE SMART AND PROTECT YOUR SKIN.
Detect - We recently launched the third year of our "Scan Your Skin" Campaign in 2011. It is imperative to know your skin by doing a self-skin exam every month and visiting a doctor once a year. We mailed calendar magnets to remind people to check their own skin on the 21st of every month, and call to make a doctor's appointment by June 21st, the first day of summer and the day our mom passed away in 2007. We also teach how to detect melanoma in our educational presentations.
Cure - Our M.O.M., Inc. has donated $50,000 to aid research for an effective treatment and hopefully a cure of melanoma. As our foundation grows, Our M.O.M., Inc. is dedicated to increase funding for research every year. Our donations support research through Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Melanoma Research Foundation.
Letter of Acknowledgement from the Melanoma Research Foundation