Senator James Sanders Jr., center, joined Flowers of Hope for a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk in Brookville Park. (Click on the photos to increase their size.)
Senator James Sanders Jr. (D-Rochdale Village, Far Rockaway) supported
Breast Cancer Awareness Month by attending and co-sponsoring events in
Southeast Queens. About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 12.4%) will develop
invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime, according to
statistics by breastcancer.org.
Senator Sanders joined Flowers of Hope for a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on October 14, at Brookville Park, where he presented certificates of recognition to survivors (male and female) at a ceremony during the event. He commended the honorees for their bravery and expressed his support for those still battling the disease. In a symbolic gesture, pink balloons were released into the air. Pink is the color associated with breast cancer awareness.
Senator Sanders joined Flowers of Hope for a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on October 14, at Brookville Park, where he presented certificates of recognition to survivors (male and female) at a ceremony during the event. He commended the honorees for their bravery and expressed his support for those still battling the disease. In a symbolic gesture, pink balloons were released into the air. Pink is the color associated with breast cancer awareness.
Senator Sanders, center, was pleased at the turnout for the Rochdale Village Breast Cancer Awareness Walk.
"We are turning our attention to a real war," Sanders said. "Yes, the government should be involved in a war, but not those foolish wars overseas, I'm talking about a war on cancer. Instead of spending all that money on planes and bombs, put half of that into cancer research. If you just took even 1/3 of what is being spent, you could solve this problem. We do want war - war on breast cancer, war on ovarian cancer, war on prostate cancer, and all the other types of cancer."
On October 13, Senator Sanders attended a breast cancer
awareness walk at Rochdale Village, where he was pleased by
the outpouring of support from the community. The Rochdale Village Board
of Directors donated $1,000 to the American Cancer Society. The walk
kicked off with a performance by the Elite Marching Band.
Senator Sanders offers words of encouragement at a Breast Cancer Awareness Month mass at Christ the King Church.
Later that day, Sanders co-sponsored an "Aware with Prayer" mass at
Christ the King Church in Jamaica, where survivors shared their stories
of how they overcame breast cancer. Informational materials about the
disease were also presented.
Source and photo credits: The Office of State Senator James Sanders, Jr.
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