Breast Cancer Awareness 2012

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM). NBCAM is an annual health campaign worldwide. It is organized by all the major breast cancer charities, to spread awareness and to raise funds for research, prevention, diagnosis, and cure. In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, USU Student Health Services set up a booth outside the Taggart Student  Center on the patio to spread awareness to the Utah state student body. The booth was set up on October 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The booth was dedicated to spreading awareness about breast cancer, raise funds, sign students up to participate in Relay For Life, and get the student body to wear pink. The volunteers and interns manning the booth passed out pink ribbons, candy, pamphlets, entered students into a content, sold t-shirts to raise funds, and answered questions throughout the afternoon. Breast cancer is a serious disease that needs to be addressed by spreading awareness in whatever way you can. 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, and 1 in 36 will loose their life to the disease. Student Health Services shows support every year for the cause. The more awareness that is spread to people the more likely it is that they will become concerned, and willing to help the cause. The best protection is early detection.

If you would like to get more involved with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, visit the USU bookstore and buy pink gear. 20% of the profit from the purchase will go to Breast Cancer research. Also participate in this years Relay For Life. To sign up for this years Relay For Life at USU visit http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=48465

For more information about National Breast Cancer Awareness Month visit http://www.nbcam.org