Ripple Effect

Every year ASCO has one of Augusta hospitals bring over their mobile mammogram unit. It isn’t free, but the company provides a $200 wellness benefit to offset most or all the cost of the test. Donna always goes to her doctor, but you can see where it might be popular for the hourly employees, they can get that little bit of diagnostics taken care of on company time, they don’t have to take vacation or an attendance point. Each year they get an average of 35 women to sign up.

This year, with Donna’s diagnosis, her openness to talk about her disease and vocal urging to people to get a mammogram, they have 74 sign-ups.