Now Available!!!!
Alabama’s New Breast Cancer License Plate!!!!

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama has a new specialty license plate that will fund breast cancer research right here in Alabama!

The “Funding Breast Cancer Research” car tag costs $50 and $41.25 will go directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama.

Honor someone who has battled this disease and purchase your tag NOW!!!

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!

How to get your Breast Cancer Research Car Tag #86

1) Visit your local Department of Motor Vehicles office or County Courthouse.

2) Ask for the breast cancer research tag - #86.

3) Pay the $50 Specialty Tag Fee ($41.25 of this will be used for breast cancer research in Alabama) There is an additional $1.50 fee to transfer your tag to the new specialty plate.

4) Take your current tag with you to change out for your new license plate.



*Ask for the Breast Cancer Research tag #86 to avoid confusion with other license plates.

*Tags can be personalized (included in the $50 specialty plate fee). Ask your local DMV employee how to personalize your tag. To check availability of your personalization, visit www.alabamainteractive.org/dorpt. The tag display is 5 characters to personalize your tag.

For more information, contact the BCRFA at (205) 996-5463 or (205) 871-4653.

The BCRFA raises money for research dedicated to breast cancer at the UAB Comprehensive Care Center.


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stories of survival

Kathy Kemp

I was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in January 2002. Doctors originally thought I had early stage cancer. But less than a month after my lumpectomy, I started having back pain, and a scan showed the breast cancer had spread to my bones.

I was devastated and couldn’t really talk or read about it for several months. By May 2002, though, I was still alive and more comfortable with the diagnosis. I wrote my first Birmingham News column about my situation on Mother’s Day 2002.

Read More of Kathy’s Story