GREENSBORO, N.C. — It was a sea of pink and more than 500 people that took over Country Park in Greensboro for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. The American Cancer Society says this year’s donations well surpassed last year’s totals. The community helped raise more than $93,000, and ACS said the goal…
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Jenks Brewery Creating New Beer To Help Breast Cancer Survivors
JENKS, Okla. – A brewery in Jenks is helping celebrate survivors of breast cancer with a new beer. The Cape Brewing Company in Jenks is creating the beer with the help of over a dozen breast cancer survivors. The beer will be tinted pink, which is the color of breast cancer awareness. The beer takes…
In sickness and in health…Couple diagnosed with cancer days apart, battle disease together.
A couple is battling cancer together after receiving their diagnoses just days apart. Source: Couple diagnosed with cancer days apart
UConn pitcher, 5-year-old linked by cancer fights
It started as a team effort to help a sick child.Now UConn pitcher Ryan Radue says the boy from Sturbridge, Massachusetts, showed him how to approach battling cancer. The Huskies welcomed 5-year-old leukemia patient Grayson Hand to the team as part of program called Project Impact, which links teams and seriously ill children. Grayson got…
NASA Astronaut Wears Space Suit Hand-Painted by Cancer Patients
Source: The Creator’s Project / Andrew Salomone Surely one of the only downsides to living on the International Space Station (ISS) is the lack of apparel options when it comes to functional space suits! But now, thanks to a collaboration between NASA and the folks at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center, an astronaut on the ISS…
Louisville area breast cancer survivors spotlighted in special photo shoot
Source: WDRB / Kate Springer A local group of women business owners is using their talents to help breast cancer survivors look and feel their best. “Tuesdays Together” is a local chapter of “The Rising Tide Society” made up of women entrepreneurs. The group wanted to find a way to give back in their community, so…
After breast cancer, mom and daughter get tattoos they hope to never see again
Source: Today / Lisa Flam A Texas mother and daughter got matching tattoos, but they hope you’ll never lay eyes on them. During Veronica Quintanilla’s second bout with breast cancer, her daughter shaved her head in solidarity as she took her mom to nearly all of her medical appointments. And after Quintanilla’s last chemotherapy treatment, her…
For Dad And Daughter Fighting Breast Cancer, Grit Runs In The Family
Source: NPR Ten years ago, Arnaldo Silva noticed a lump on his chest and decided to get it checked out. “I’m sitting in an office with about 80 women, everybody’s staring at me. And this lady leaned over she says, ‘Are you waiting for somebody?’ and I said ‘No, I’m here for me,’ ” the…
Cancer patients facing hair loss get help
Sometimes, cancer has a look. The chemotherapy that is used to treat cancer often causes baldness in patients. Those patients may then feel as though they’re being judged when they’re trying to live their lives outside of the hospital. Jill Shump of Battle Creek felt that way. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in January…