Wed, Apr 10
|Wellsburg - Main Library Parking Lot
Bonnie's Bus
The Main Library will host Bonnie's Bus again for the Brooke County Health Department. We are a central and stable location for the bus to safely set-up, however, all inquires for access/sign-ups need to be sent to the BC Health Dept.
Time & Location
Apr 10, 2024, 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM
Wellsburg - Main Library Parking Lot, 945 Main St, Wellsburg, WV 26070, USA
About the event
The Library is host to when the Brooke County Health Department is able to bring Bonnie's Bus back to our community!
Located at the Main Library in the parking lot, registration and information is all shared and obtained by the Brooke County HD. For more info, contact them at 304-737-3665.
When a flyer with the information of time and registration is released, BCPL will share it on our newsletter/social media/website news. Until then mark your calendars or check the actual Bonnie's Bus Calendar!
Bonnie’s Bus is a mobile mammography unit that provides breast cancer screening throughout West Virginia, especially in rural parts of the state with limited or no access to screening mammography.
The bus provides mammograms to individuals who fall within screening guidelines in a comfortable, convenient environment. Screening is provided for women, men, transgender, and gender-diverse people with private insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, or those who qualify for the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Uninsured patients living in West Virginia who are age 40 and older can receive a screening mammogram on the Bus through the generosity of grant funding and donations.
Bonnie’s Bus was created in honor of Bonnie Wells Wilson, who succumbed to breast cancer in rural West Virginia because of limited access to screening mammography. Bonnie’s daughter and son-in-law, Jo and Ben Statler, established Bonnie’s Bus in 2009 with a generous donation to help prevent other families from losing a loved one to breast cancer.
Since 2009, Bonnie’s Bus has:
- Provided more than 29,600 screening mammograms
- Detected more than 170 cases of breast cancer
- Traveled more than 225,000 miles
- Funded at least 2,300 mammograms through grant funding and donations
For more information on this fantastic unit, visit this link.