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Nearly one in every eight women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes. This year, according to the American Cancer Society . . . more

10/19/23

Becoming the expert in your own disease

It’s the job nobody wants, but when you get a diagnosis of breast cancer, the job is yours. more

10/21/21

Check for colon cancer, and stay in the pink

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Yes, we know what you’re thinking: Another month, another issue I have to think about. Yes, it is, and we’re hoping you pay close attention. more

3/6/20

The ‘pinking’ of America: part activism, part fraud

Breast cancer is big business in America today, and high season for the industry is October. Personally (and it is personal), I feel exploited by the “pinking” of the world around me . . . more

10/15/15

Erin Metzger, 16, gave a buzz cut to Anthony Lunha, 11, at Calhoun High School’s March 17 fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Participants had their hair cut or shaved in solidarity with children with cancer, raising $48,000 for childhood cancer research.

Calhoun goes bald to fight cancer

Since 2007, Calhoun High School has raised more than $500,000 for childhood cancer research, according to Calhoun English teacher Peter Magnuson. The Merrick school passed the milestone on March 17 at its ninth annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser. more

By Brian Racow | 3/25/15

Triathlete Jenn Sommermann survived Stage III ovarian cancer and went on to raise more than $107,000 through her 50 Triathlons in 50 States to Raise $100,000 for Ovarian Cancer Research campaign.To celebrate the successful completion of the campaign, Sommermann and her husband, Don Harris, trekked 600 miles by bicycle across Vietnam and Cambodia in March.

Triathlete beats cancer, then raises $107K for research

The sting seemed innocuous. A bee nipped Jenn Sommermann in the leg as she entered the water at the River Cities Triathlon, contested around the Cypress Black Bayou, near Shreveport, La., in August 2011. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/15/14

Football players should wear black and blue

Do we really want to see the bruisers of the NFL play for pink? As Breast Cancer Awareness month begins . . . more

9/25/14

Team Andree gave it their all in the tug-of-war event.

Kennedy staffers compete for a cause

The Kennedy High School student government’s newest event featured more than 80 faculty members stuffing marshmallows in their mouths, running around a row of chairs in the gymnasium and more … more

By Julie Mansmann | 5/1/14

Kyle Berthoud, 13, made a $50 donation to St. Baldrick’s before he had his head shaved.

Calhoun shaves it off for cancer research

In what has become a yearly spring ritual, hundreds of Calhoun High School students, staff members and local residents recently had their heads shaved en masse in Calhoun’s gym. It was all for … more

By Brian Racow | 3/27/14

Amanda Geist, left, and Michaela Cassella, right, at their lemonade stand.

Camp Ave. students sell lemonade for a cure

Two local girls are making a difference in a big way –– one lemonade stand at a time. more

David Weingrad | 11/16/10

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