Franklin Needs provides funds for mammograms in Franklin County

A local group is providing money so women in Franklin County can get breast cancer screenings. The group, Franklin Needs Incorporated, has a fund to help local, uninsured women get mammograms at Weems Memorial Hospital. The group is best known for a breast cancer awareness calendar they created with local breast cancer survivors posing in very creatively concealed ways. Women who would like to get a free mammogram must be residents of Franklin County, be between 35 and 64 years old, and have no health insurance. To take part in the program, women need to get a mammogram order from their personal physician or from the Franklin County Health Department or the Eastpoint Medical center. Then they simply have to schedule a mammogram at Weems which they can do by calling 653-8853. Franklin Needs will pay for the mammograms as long as their funds are available so women interested in taking part in the program should try to do it as soon as possible. The free mammograms are being offered through the month of October as part of breast cancer awareness month.