Bonnie’s Bus is a mobile mammography unit that provides breast cancer screening throughout West Virginia, especially in rural parts of the state with limited or no access to screening mammography.
Bonnie’s Bus was created in honor of Bonnie Wells Wilson, who succumbed to breast cancer in rural West Virginia because of limited access to screening mammography. Bonnie’s daughter and son-in-law, Jo and Ben Statler, established Bonnie’s Bus in 2009 (following a memorable ribbon-cutting in late 2008) with a generous donation to help prevent other families from losing a loved one to breast cancer.
Bonnie’s Bus has:
- Provided more than 31,000 screening mammograms since 2009
- Screened over 2,400 in 2023; over 1,200 so far in 2024
- Detected more than 180 cases of breast cancer
- Traveled more than 225,000 miles
- Completed more than 1,800 screening days
- Funded at least 2,450 mammograms through grant funding and donations
