ROCKINGHAM — The BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography Center, a 39-foot-long, state-of-the-art screening center on wheels, will stop at Belk stores in Rockingham and Southern Pines during the week of March 14 to offer free, convenient mammogram screenings.
Women age 40 and older with no breast concerns, who have not had a mammogram in the last 12 months and have a primary care physician are eligible by calling 855-655-BMMC (2662) to schedule an appointment.
The mobile mammography unit will be at Belk the Richmond Plaza Shopping Center from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, and at Pinecrest Plaza in Southern Pines from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 17.
After receiving their mammograms, women also can visit the intimate apparel area in their Belk stores to receive complimentary bra fittings.
All screening exams are performed by Charlotte Radiology’s licensed, female mammography-certified technologists. A board-certified radiologist specializing in breast imaging will interpret the mammogram. Confidential results will be sent to the patient and her primary care physician.
Belk, the nation’s largest privately operated department store, launched BelkGives on the Go Mobile Mammography in 2013 in partnership with Charlotte Radiology. This mobile mammography center will bring convenient, digital screening and awareness to all Belk markets in 80 stores throughout the Southeast.
In its two years on the road, the mobile unit performed more than 7,400 mammograms that resulted in 30 cancer diagnoses.
Belk says its $6 million investment in the program “marks the retailer’s deep commitment to women’s health issues and breast cancer education and is the company’s single largest charitable contribution to date.”
For more information, call 855-655-BMMC (2662) or go to www.belk.com/pink.