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BILL 1279:ILLINOIS' ANSWER TO BREAST CANCER
by Mattie Hunter
This year, I sponsored Senate Bill 1279 which extends the soon-to-expire Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure lottery game until December 31, 2016 in Illinois. The legislation creating the Ticket for the Cure was originally signed into law in October of 2006 and marks a first time in US Lottery history where 100 percent of proceeds is awarded to not-for-profit institutions and organizations to fund breast cancer research, education and supportive services, including childcare services, for breast cancer patients and their families in Illinois.
In addition, the measure renames the lottery ticket as Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure and the fund as Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure Grant Fund, and reorganizes the advisory board. Carolyn Adams was the Illinois Lottery Superintendent from May 2003 until she died of breast cancer in March 2007 at the age of 44.
Promoting this great cause has been an honor, and its success has been very rewarding. I am very proud of the success of the Ticket for the Cure lottery ticket and the funds raised through the program have gone to valuable research promoting education and training. Since 2005, Ticket for the Cure has raised over $9 million and in the 2009 Fiscal Year, the fund was able to distribute over one million dollars in grants. As of February of this year, the fund again had over a million dollars to distribute.
For more information about the Carolyn Adams Ticket for the Cure, please visit turnupthepink.com.
CAROLYN ADAMS LOTTERY TICKET
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