The PBCC is looking for breast cancer survivors living in Pennsylvania to possibly be featured in our traveling photo exhibit "67 Women - 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"™

"67 Women - 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"™  
Sponsored by the PBCC and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health

"67 Women - 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"™ is a traveling photo exhibit hosted by communities in Pennsylvania.  This educational work of art celebrates the life, courage, hope and dignity of women and families who have battled breast cancer.  The exhibit is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition and funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

This touching tribute showcases at least one woman from each of the state's 67 counties and serves as a unique reminder of the emotional and physical toll breast cancer takes on each woman and her family.  The exhibit encourages women to learn about and practice early detection through yearly mammograms, monthly breast self-exams, and annual clinical exams.  More than 103,000 women and their families are living with breast cancer in the Commonwealth.  Since 1994, the exhibit has been hosted by over 100 communities and reached millions of Pennsylvanians through the extensive media coverage it attracts.

There are three components to this exhibit:

• Education - geared toward personal and political action
• Empowerment - to provide information to alleviate fear
• Motivation - to provide action to find a cause and a cure for breast cancer
  

Exhibit Photos

All photos on this page were taken at previous Exhibit openings and show the former version of the Exhibit. 
New photos coming soon!
 

Exhibit Description - Technical

"67 Women - 67 Counties: Facing Breast Cancer in Pennsylvania"™ is being redesigned!
The new display will debut in the spring of 2010.

The new exhibit will feature 20 double-sided window shade panels that are 7 feet high and 3 feet wide.  The beauty of the new design is that the panels can be placed in a tight floor plan and easily moved around as needed.  We suggest a minimum area of 1,500 to 2,000 square feet to best display all the panels.  Each panel should be allotted approximately 2 1/2 feet of walking space so that attendees can view the photos and quotes of the women featured.
 

Hosting Information

Our contract with the Department of Health allows us to take the traveling photo exhibit into 6 communities a year.  The Exhibit is typically displayed for 10 days and opens on a Thursday.  PBCC staff members deliver and set up the display.  The site is NOT responsible for the delivery, set up or storage of the transport cases for the duration of the exhibit. 

To kick off the Exhibit's visit to the community, the PBCC and the host site will hold an opening reception with speakers and refreshments.  The PBCC, along with the host site, will form a community committee (i.e. other hospitals in the area, support groups, interested survivors, etc.) to plan all the details of the reception.

If you'd like more information or are interested in hosting this exhibit, please email Jen Pensinger.

Some additional requirements:

The site must be ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible.  If the display is hosted at a hospital, the hospital must check prior to confirmation that the display meets all current Life Safety requirements.

We are required by the PA Department of Health, who funds the display, to get pre-approval of all host sites prior to the committee organization.  We currently have a waiting list of sites and priority is given on a first come, first served basis by region.