Franklin Needs provides free mammography screenings in February

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 and are even giving a free box of candy to women who schedule their mammogram during February.

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