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Charleston Race for the Cure accepting grant requests  The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Charleston Race for the Cure is currently accepting applications for its 1999 Community Awards Grant Program.    An estimated total of $130,000 will be awarded to organizations and individuals in the lower half of South Carolina* who are working to promote the early detection of breast cancer through research, education, screening and treatment.   Applications can be obtained by calling (843) 792-9186. Applications are also available on the Charleston Komen Race for the Cure web page at <http://charlestonrace4cure.org>.    To print an application from the web page, click on “Grant Program,” and then click on “1999 Grant Information/Application.”   Grant applications must be received by 5 p.m. Oct. 22. Grant proposals should be submitted to Sarah Payne Wilson, grants director, Race for the Cure, P.O. Box 20637, Charleston, S.C. 29413-0637. Funding recipients will be notified of their status by Nov. 22.   The mission of the Komen Foundation and the Charleston Komen Race for the Cure is “to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening and treatment.” Since 1995, the Charleston Komen Race for the Cure Community Awards Grant Program has returned more than $320,000 to South Carolina communities funding vital breast cancer education, research, screening, early detection and treatment programs.   The sixth annual Race for the Cure will be held in Charleston on Saturday, Oct. 16.    For more information about the 1999 race, call the Race Hotline at (843) 792-9186, or check out the Charleston race web page at <http://www.charlestonrace4cure.org> *Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun, Colleton, Jasper, Hampton, Orangeburg, and Georgetown counties.