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Walking Towards a Cure

[ 0 ] 10.12.2007 | Anisa Raoof

Pink Ribbon Chances are we all know someone who has been affected by breast cancer, and we each have our own way to honor these people. They deserve our support – financial and emotional – and we need to be educated by learning early detection signs, conducting regular breast self-examinations, and what to do after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• Learn more at the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the American Cancer Society websites.

• Make a Pink Ribbon Lapel Pin

• Locally you can participate in the Making Strides Walk in Providence, RI, on Sunday, October 14. This is a noncompetitive walk to help fight breast cancer and provide hope to people facing the disease. Registration begins at 7 am at the Temple to Music at Roger Williams Park. A short program will begin at 8 am and the walk will step off at 8:30 am.

Category: dads, moms, wellness

About Anisa Raoof: Anisa Raoof is the publisher of Kidoinfo.com. She combines being a mom with her experience as an artist, designer, psych researcher and former co-director of the Providence Craft Show to create the go-to spot for families in Rhode Island and beyond. She loves using social media to connect parents with family-related businesses and services and promoting ways for parents to engage offline with their kids. Anisa believes in the power of working together and loves to find ways to collaborate with others. An online enthusiast, still likes to unplug often by reading books and magazines, drawing, learning to knit, making pop-up books with her two sons and listening to records with her husband. View author profile.