Bonnie’s Buses to offer mammograms in Charles Town, Hinton, Martinsburg, Inwood, Bluefield, Oceana, and Berkeley Springs

Attention reporters and editors: If you are interested in covering Bonnie’s Bus when it visits your area, please contact Sarah Shaffer, WVU Medicine senior public relations and marketing strategist, at [email protected], in advance. Out of respect for patient privacy, please do not show up at the location without scheduling an appropriate time for interviews and/or photos.  

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bonnie's Bus mobile mammography units will visit Jefferson, Summers, Berkeley, Mercer, and Wyoming counties offering three-dimensional (3D) digital screening mammograms and breast care education to women.

A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, Bonnie’s Buses will be at

  • Jefferson Crossing in Charles Town from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 5For more information, call 304-260-1446.
  • Summers County Health Department in Hinton from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 6. For an appointment, call304-573-8616.
  • Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office in Martinsburg from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 6. For an appointment, call 304-260-1446.
  • WVU Medicine Urgent Care of Inwood from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 7For an appointment, call 304-260-1446.
  • Mercer County Health Department in Bluefield from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 7. For an appointment, call 304-324-8367.
  • Southern West Virginia Health Systems of Oceana from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 8. For an appointment, call 304-824-5806, ext. 1259.
  • Senior Life Center of Morgan County in Berkeley Springs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 8. For an appointment, call 304-260-1446. 

The screening mammograms are billed to private insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if available. Patients who are underinsured or uninsured and meet enrollment criteria will be assisted in enrolling in the West Virginia Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (WVBCCSP) to cover the cost of their screening mammogram.  

Uninsured women living in West Virginia who are 40 and older can receive a free screening mammogram on the Bus through the generosity of grant funding and donations. A physician’s order is needed for a mammogram. 

Bonnie’s Bus has provided more than 34,000 mammograms for women throughout West Virginia and led to the detection of more than 202 cases of breast cancer since 2009. Many of those screened are underinsured or uninsured and qualify for screening through the WVBCCSP.  

Bonnie’s Bus works in collaboration with a statewide partnership of clinicians, public health professionals, women’s groups, and other community leaders working to help reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer in West Virginia. 

For information on Bonnie’s Bus, see WVUCancer.org/Bonnie. 

 

For media inquiries: Sarah Shaffer, WVU Medicine Senior Public Relations and Marketing - [email protected]