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September 07, 2012 | | Code Pink This Sunday marks one of the biggest fundraising events of the year for the cancer-fighting Susan G. Komen Foundation—the annual Race for the Cure in New York City. More than 21,000 people took part last year, says Vern Calhoun, the acting executive director of Komen’s Greater New York City affiliate. This year, he says, the number of participants is “significantly down,” and “at the end of the day, it’s the women who most need services that suffer.” Two days ahead of the race, participation is off by more than 25 percent. He notes that 75 percent of the net money raised at local races stays in the local community, with the other 25 percent going to national breast-cancer research. Last year, he says, his group gave some $3 million in grants to the local community, and $1.4 million to national cancer research. Komen donations have droppedacross this country this year, following the controversy that rocked the charity in January, when it decided to change its granting structure, which would have phased out a grant to Planned Parenthood. Says Calhoun, “We made a mistake and we’re genuinely sorry for it, but I don’t understand why at-risk women should have to suffer for a mistake that was made, apologized for, and rectified. | | 
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