FALMOUTH The Maine Cancer Foundation recently awarded seven grants, totaling $316,000, to organizations across the state. These grants will support projects aimed at reducing cancer risk for Mainers through various evidence-based initiatives.

Local grantees include Healthy Androscoggin in Lewiston, Community Immunity: A Collaborative Effort to Raise HPV Vaccinations Rates in Androscoggin County, which received $50,000; Maine Indoor Air Quality Council in Augusta, Reducing the Risk of Lung Cancer from Exposure to Radon Gas Within a School Community, receiving $50,000; and Maine Public Health Association in Augusta, Investing in Cancer-Free ME, receiving $50,000.

For more information, visit mainecancer.org.

 

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