Donations to the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund support research to find more effective ways to diagnose and treat this debilitating disease, which afflicts about 200,000 people in Illinois. Money contributed to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund is used for research that focuses on techniques for early detection, prevention and treatment. Breast cancer is diagnosed in about 8,700 Illinois women annually and claims the lives of 2,200 women a year. Nearly 700 women in Illinois learn they have cervical cancer each year and about 450 die annually with the disease. The amount pledged will either decrease the amount of a refund or increase the amount due.
All donations are tax deductible.
Direct contributions also may be made to either of the Department's funds by sending a check, payable to the Illinois Department of Public Health, to P.O. Box 4263, Springfield, IL 62708. Clearly mark the designated fund on the check.