LEWISTON, Maine - The Maine affiliate of Susan G. Komen, an organization dedicated to combating breast cancer, is closing after 20 years.
Former director Victoria Abbott says declining participation in Komen's largest fundraisers - its races - forced the branch in Bangor to close.
"This year we had 1,700 participants, which was down 1,100 from last year - it was 2,800," Abbott says. "And then we were down about a thousand from the year before."
Abbott says the Bangor branch will close at the end of the month.
She says all of the funds raised locally have been earmarked for Maine, and she's optimistic that Susan G. Komen will open another branch in the future.
