Free, Low-cost Mobile Mammography Screenings Go Mobile

BRIDGEPORT — The SWIM Women’s Imaging Center will offer the following free and low-cost mammography screening for women age 35 and older during the month of August:

*Saturday, August 8, 10 am to 2 pm, Emmanuel Apostolic Church, 99 Vernon Street, Bridgeport

*Thursday, August 20, 10 am to 3 pm, Prayer Tabernacle, 1243 Stratford Avenue, Bridgeport

*Wednesday, August 26, 10 am to 2 pm, Monroe Senior Center, 235 Cutlers Farm Road, Monroe

*Saturday, August 29, 10 am to 2 pm, Calvary New Testament Church of God, 1880 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport

The latest American Cancer Society guidelines recommend that all women have a mammogram by age 40, and then every year thereafter.

Mammograms are free for those who do not have health insurance, have financial limitations, and qualify for assistance. For those who do not have insurance but do not qualify for free services, mammograms are discounted. Appointments are necessary and a physician order and insurance card must be brought to the appointment.

To schedule an appointment or to find out when the mobile mammography unit will be in a specific area, call St Vincent’s SWIM Women’s Imaging Center at 203-576-5500. To schedule a screening site for an office, community center, school ,or church, call the Mobile Mammography Coordinator at 203-576-5505.

The mobile mammography program, one of the largest no-cost and low-cost mammography screening campaigns in all of Fairfield County, is made possible through St Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound, Connecticut’s leader in cancer education, prevention screenings, and support services in the area.