Bonnie’s Bus to offer mammograms in Summersville, Clendenin, and Charleston
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie’s Bus, a 45-foot, state-of-the-art mobile mammography vehicle, will visit Nicholas and Kanawha counties 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:
- Summersville Arena and Convention from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 9. For an appointment, call 304-872-2891.
- Clendenin Health Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 12. For an appointment, call 304-548-7272.
- Sissonville Health Center on 6135 Sissonville Drive in Charleston from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 13. For an appointment, call 304-984-1576.
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.