Amid the economic crisis it's going through from the previous year up until now, the Ford Motor Company never ceases to share its blessings with those whom the company believes are more broke than they are.  

Reports from The Auto Channel said that through the Ford Motor Company Fund as lead sponsor for the Annual Dinner of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of the 39 National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in the United States that is committed to a cancer-free future, the Institute was able to raise about $930,400 that helped support 6,000 new cancer patients who live with an annual budget of $216 million.  

"We are pleased to continue Ford's legacy of partnering with the Karmanos Cancer Institute in helping to provide needed care for cancer patients and their families.  It's through partnerships like this that we're able to help make our communities better places to work and live," said Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services President Jim Vella.  

Among Ford's community initiatives are the Silk Road Project, Ford Education center at Gettysburg, Habitat for Humanity, Volvo Encourages Student Leaders, Addressing HIV/AIDS and others.  

This year's dinner, the 26th since the Institute's foundation in 1982, will be held on May 17.   

Ford, the world's third largest automaker, next to General Motors and Toyota reported a net loss of $2.75 billion last year while restructuring its operations to regain profits in the auto market.  

According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 40,910 Americans died of breast cancer last year while there are about 180,510 new cases that occurred on the same year. Breast cancer is the cancer that develops in tissues of the breast, usually the ducts and lobules.  It is the fifth most common cancer death worldwide.  According to wikipedia, women in the US have a 1 in 33 chance of breast cancer causing their death.