This is a new record for La Vannetaise, the race against women’s cancers, the next edition of which will take place on October 11, 12 and 13, 2024, in Vannes (Morbihan)! In 2024, the association donated €139,000 for prevention, research and patient support. Each year, it launches a call for projects to choose the beneficiaries it will help financially. “At the end of November or beginning of December, we study the requests received and we make a distribution,” explains Évelyne Jugan, who is following the issue closely within the association.
Then the volunteer re-interviews in August and September those who received help “to take stock of the consumption of each envelope”. Because any donation made by La Vannetaise is scrupulously monitored. “ Each beneficiary has six months to respond to us. For the researchers we support, it may be longer because the time frame is not the same. Publications that validate research can take years. »
At the end of each edition, 30 to 40% of…
