Komen has global reach, local impact

Yvonne Davila supported friends who were dealing with breast cancer, used checks decorated with pink ribbons and walked in several events to raise money for breast cancer research.

But two years ago, when Davila found a lump in her own breast, she was without health insurance and afraid to schedule a checkup because she worried a cancer diagnosis would financially ruin her.

Then the Chicago woman heard Sandy Goldberg speak at a breast cancer walk…