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Shamokin Dam, PA – The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition (PBCC) is bringing its traveling photo exhibit “67 Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania” to the Susquehanna Valley Mall from May 19 – May 30, 2005. The photo exhibit will be located in front of the Bon-Ton at the Susquehanna Valley Mall and will be hosted by Evangelical Community Hospital’s Thyra M. Humphrey’s Center for Breast Health.
The event will kick off with an opening reception on Thursday, May 19 at 4:30 pm. The opening reception will feature: Heather Hibshman, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition; Elizabeth Casale, North Central District Nurse Administrator, PA Department of Health; Johanna Miller, BrCa Chapter charter member, Advocacy Committee Chairperson, and breast cancer survivor; John F. Turner, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Evangelical Community Hospital’s Thyra M. Humphreys Center for Breast Health; and Frances Blatchley, PBCC local photo exhibit participant, BrCa Chapter charter member. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. To RSVP for the reception call 1-800-377-8828, extension 303.
This powerful and educational work of art features at least one woman from each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, along with a message about how breast cancer touched her life. The women reflect the diversity of Pennsylvania, and their stories reflect the impact of breast cancer on themselves, their families and their communities. The exhibit encourages women to learn about early detection and celebrates life, courage, hope and the dignity of women and families that have battled breast cancer. The very moving and educational photo exhibit travels to six different communities a year and stays at one location for ten days.
Pat Halpin-Murphy, PBCC President and Founder, encourages everyone to visit the exhibit. “Breast cancer is not a rare event separate from the fabrics of our lives. It is our mothers, our daughters, our friends and ourselves. We must educate ourselves about this insidious disease and fight to find a cure now…so our daughters won’t have to.”
“67 Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania” is sponsored by the PBCC and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition, founded in 1993, is a non-profit organization and the only statewide grassroots organization that speaks to and for breast cancer survivors. This year, more than 12,000 Pennsylvania women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. More than 2,300 will lose their lives to the disease. The PBCC’s mission is to help find a cure for breast cancer and to improve the quality of breast cancer education, research and outreach in the state.
For more information on the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition or “67 Women, 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania” call 1-800-377-8828 or visit the website www.pabreastcancer.org. |
