The Middleburg-based Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation will be granting a total of $104,500 in 2015 to assist local women in the fight against breast cancer. Pursuant to the Foundation's objectives to Detect, Treat, Educate, and Eradicate breast cancer, the Grants Committee has selected the initial grant recipients for 2015. They include:

Loudoun Breast Health Network, Loudoun Voluntary Caregivers, Blue Ridge Hospice, The IIIB's Foundation, Casting for Recovery, and Novant Health's Mobile Mammography Van.

Additional grant recipients will be announced during the next few months.

Funding for these grants is generated largely through direct donations, and through the annual Cherry Blossom Walks, Runs, and Pooch Prances held each year in Middleburg and in Ashburn.

The Cherry Blossom Foundation strives to keep its emphasis local, serving the women of Loudoun, Fauquier, and surrounding counties. Since its inception in 2007, the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Foundation has granted $683,600.

For more information, please contact Board Chairman James P. Atkins (703) 447-2302, email: info@cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org, or visit Foundation's website: www.cherryblossombreastcancerfoundation.org.