Bonnie’s Bus to offer mammograms in Rowlesburg, Worthington, Hundred, Sistersville, Moundsville, and Kingwood

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus, a 45-foot, state-of-the-art mobile mammography vehicle, will visit Preston, Wetzel, Tyler, and Marshall counties in July, offering three-dimensional (3D) digital mammograms and breast care education to women.

A service of WVU Medicine and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus will be at:

• Rowlesburg Clinic from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 17. For an appointment, call 304-454-2421.
• Dollar General Store in Worthington from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 18. For an appointment, call 304-657-7210.
• State Police Office behind the Library in Hundred from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 19. For an appointment, call 304-775-4671.
• Sistersville Pharmacy from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 24. For an appointment, call 304-652-3711.
• Moundsville Pharmacy from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 25. For an appointment, call 304-845-0390.
• Community Building in Kingwood from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 28. For an appointment, call 304-329-3276.

The mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if available. Mammograms for women who do not have insurance will be covered by the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP) or through special grant funds. No woman over 40 is turned away due to lack of funding. A physician’s order is needed for a mammogram.

Bonnie’s Bus started in 2009 and has provided more than 16,000 mammograms for women throughout West Virginia. Through this screening, 74 cases of breast cancer have been detected. Many of those screened are under- or uninsured and qualified for screening through the WVBCCSP.

Bonnie’s Bus works in collaboration with a statewide partnership of clinicians, public health professionals, women’s groups, and other community leaders working to help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer in West Virginia.
  
Made possible by a generous gift from West Virginia natives Jo and Ben Statler to the Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Bus is operated in partnership with WVU Hospitals. The Bus is named after Jo Statler’s late mother, Bonnie Wells Wilson.

For information on Bonnie’s Bus, see www.wvucancer.org/bonnie.    
 
Attention reporters and editors: If you are interested in covering Bonnie’s Bus when it visits your area, please call Amy Johns, WVU Medicine director of public affairs, at 304-285-7264 in advance. Out of respect for patient privacy, please do not show up at the location without scheduling an appropriate time for interviews and/or photos.