Tag: Breast Cancer Awareness

Healthy Happenings: Join us for the first Pink Party–a community event to honor Breast Cancer Awareness

BY DOROTHY DILLON Martin County Health Department We’re thrilled to announce that we’re bringing programs like this back to the Martin County Health Department, and we’re even more excited to start with the Pink Party! This is more than just a gathering—it’s a powerful opportunity to learn, connect, and stand together as a community in…
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October 30, 2024
Lt. Gov. Coleman reflects on her preventive double mastectomy

BY SARAH LADD KENTUCKY LANTERN Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman knew for a long time that one day she might learn cancer was at her door. Her family history put her on heightened alert; her mother, aunt and cousin all had breast cancer. So she “wasn’t shocked” when, in September, a routine mammogram — her…
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January 31, 2024
Pumpkins go pink to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month

INEZ — A few jack-o-lanterns took a detour from the usual scare tactics this October. Youth at Freedom Freewill Baptist Church used them to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The youth painted their pumpkins pink and decorated them Oct. 23 in Children’s Church in the Painting Pumpkins Pink Contest to spread awareness of the disease.…
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November 9, 2022