I actually did go and research Avon. I like them better. If you go to their websites they have links to all the people to whom they give the money. Most seem to be for research which is how Komen started out. Komen messed up when they shifted over to early detection and community outreach. There are some good free mamogram clinics which are probably there because of Komen but what happened with PP was that PP said, we have lots of women coming to us, give us vouchers for the clinics that still charge and we’ll give them to the women. And it is true that PP in some rural areas are the go to place for birth control and these vouchers. That was the camel’s nose under the tent.
I signed up for Avon but the only walk I was able to train for was in October and then my husband and I decided to go to Italy instead.
Komen has this huge community and Avon isn’t that big - yet.
Thanks for the info. I felt better, instinctively, supporting my friend’s Avon Walks, but didn’t know for sure if it was Komen/PPA related.
When my uberCatholic brother died a couple of years ago, his apolitical family suggested donating to Komen in lieu of flowers ... I didn’t know what to do. I gave to a local RC church’s right to life program instead. Often people mean well but support causes that divert their well-intentioned donations to things the donor would never, ever support.
It’s just a shame something like breast cancer, or any cancer, has to be hijacked as a political tool. It strikes me as ridiculous, essentially money-laundering, for one foundation to give to another foundation. If I want to donate to PP, I’ll donate to PP, don’t need to donate to Komen expecting them to make a PP donation for me.