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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Clovis Community Medical Center kicked disconnected Breast Cancer Awareness Month connected Monday with its Pink Patch Campaign event. The yearly ceremonial is hosted to rise consciousness for bosom cancer.
According to Katie Zenovich, Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs astatine Community Health System, the run is simply a associated effort made by the Community Health System and section instrumentality enforcement officers.
"It started arsenic similar a small effect of an idea," Zenovich said. "We had astir 11,12 departments, and contiguous present we are six years later, and we've raised $600,000 successful that clip frame. And we person 20 antithetic instrumentality enforcement agencies partnered with us."
This year, astir 20 bosom crab survivors received makeovers from Ulta Beauty and their ain pinkish patches arsenic a mode to observe and uplift them. The pinkish patches were distributed by instrumentality enforcement officers who volition besides beryllium wearing peculiar patches passim the month.
Zenovich explained that it is simply a mode to prosecute others successful a larger speech astir the facts surrounding bosom crab and perchance marque an interaction connected much lives.
“What the pinkish spot connected an officer's limb is doing is really creating awareness. They're hoping that they tin prevention lives this mode by telling people, 'Look, I'm wearing a pinkish spot and I'm going to inquire you to spell get your mammogram done.' I'm going to say, 'If you spell bash that, hopefully that volition prevention your life,'" she said.
It is simply a contented Madera Police Chief Giachino Chiaramonte said instrumentality enforcement enjoys being a portion of each year.
"We're celebrating survivors, survivors of bosom cancer," helium noted. "Cancer affects everyone, and it's not conscionable circumstantial to a circumstantial civilization oregon person. It affects everyone, affects each community. And truthful we privation to supply not conscionable enactment and fto them cognize however overmuch we emotion them, but besides fiscal enactment we request to find a cure for this."
Agnieszka Street was 1 of the women honored astatine this year's ceremony.
“It was hard to clasp backmost tears," Agnieszka said. "Because of the community, however supported I felt and however astonishing it felt that determination are truthful galore radical retired determination touched by this illness and they are consenting to measurement successful and assistance america survivors and assistance those who are conscionable learning that they person been affected."
For those who whitethorn person a household subordinate oregon person battling cancer, oregon if you've been diagnosed, Street shared a message:
"Be stubborn, but successful a bully way. Be stubborn, not to springiness up. Not to springiness up and proceed to combat and to support connected going."
The pursuing departments are participating successful this year's Pink Patch Campaign:
- Clovis Police Department
- Clovis Police Officers’ Association
- Community Health System Security
- Fowler Police Department
- Fresno County District Attorney’s Office
- Fresno County District Attorney’s Office Bureau of Investigations
- Fresno County Probation Department
- Fresno County Sheriff's Department
- Fresno Police Department
- Fresno State Police Department
- Fresno Yosemite International Airport Police Department
- Kerman Police Department
- Kingsburg Police Department
- Madera County Probation Department
- Madera Police Department
- Madera County Sheriff's Office
- Orange Cove Police Department
- Reedley Police Department
- Sanger Police Department
- State Center Community College District Police Department
In addition, each of the patches person a antithetic plan and are unsocial to each instrumentality enforcement agency.
The wealth raised by the patches volition spell toward awareness and funds for the Marjorie E. Radin Breast Care Center astatine Clovis Community Medical Center. Those who would similar to bid a pinkish spot tin click here.
