What is the reason for ‘In the Pink’ lunch promote breast cancer awareness?
The Manhattan Cancer Awareness Committee will present the second-annual “In the Pink” luncheon Wednesday at the Family and Child Resource Center located at 2101 Claflin Road. Janice Janke, lead mammogram technician at the Women’s Imaging Center and cancer survivor, will present at the luncheon with Marcia Locke, the public relations and outreach coordinator for the Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. “This is an awareness event to promote breast cancer education and encourage women to learn about early detection of breast cancer, as well as promoting camaraderie among women,” Locke said. Janke’s presentation “Spread the Good News,” will focus on her personal and professional experience with battling cancer. “These kind of luncheons are meant for college-age women as much as anyone else,” Locke said. “[Breast cancer] doesn’t happen as often with younger women, but it does happen. Young women can really start thinking about their future and how to detect and hopefully prevent breas
The Manhattan Cancer Awareness Committee will present the second-annual “In the Pink” luncheon Wednesday at the Family and Child Resource Center located at 2101 Claflin Road. Janice Janke, lead mammogram technician at the Women’s Imaging Center and cancer survivor, will present at the luncheon with Marcia Locke, the public relations and outreach coordinator for the Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research. “This is an awareness event to promote breast cancer education and encourage women to learn about early detection of breast cancer, as well as promoting camaraderie among women,” Locke said. Janke’s presentation “Spread the Good News,” will focus on her personal and professional experience with battling cancer. “These kind of luncheons are meant for college-age women as much as anyone else,” Locke said. “[Breast cancer] doesn’t happen as often with younger women, but it does happen. Young women can really start thinking about their future and how to detect and hopefully prevent breas
