County Kicks Off Breast Cancer Awareness Month – 10/6/11
Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh joins Women’s
Health & Counseling Center and the Somerset County Cancer Coalition in kicking
off the Eighth Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Frances Palm, Women’s Health & Counseling Center executive director, gives a welcome. |
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Freeholder Deputy Director Patricia L. Walsh offers remarks and invites the audience to “prioritize your life” and make time to live a healthy lifestyle and go for necessary screenings. |
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Gloria M. Rodriquez, DSW, assistant commissioner for the Division of Family Health Services , congratulates WHCC and SCCC on their collaboration in spreading the word about early detection and available resources. |
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Shikha Manchanda, a 2-year breast cancer survivor and volunteer breast cancer educator for WHCC, listens to the message about early detection and preventive care. |
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Visitors to the Women’s Health & Counseling Center table help themselves to literature. |
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Visitors to the Somerset Medical Center table talk with representatives. |
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Visitors to the Wellness Community table. |
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Representatives of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Basking Ridge answer questions. |
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Dancers from the Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools Creative Arts Program give a surprise performance of ‘Think Pink: Cause A Co-Motion,’ a non-traditional breast cancer awareness program. |
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Freeholder Walsh and Frances Palm dance with a Co-Motion dancer. |
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Participants gather at the end of the ceremony for a photo and a show of support for the breast cancer awareness campaign. |