News and Events
09.28.2012
Pink Ribbon
Lima Memorial Health System, in conjunction with the Breast
Cancer Awareness Coalition, encouraged community members to
wear pink and join friends in forming a human pink ribbon on
Thursday, September 13, 2012. The gathering took place
at the football field of Columbus Grove High School and
commemorated the 26th anniversary of National Breast
Cancer Awareness Month.
The goal of the human ribbon is to draw attention to high breast
cancer rates in Allen, Hardin and Putnam counties. In these three
counties combined, 235 of 100,000 women ages 45-65, will contract
breast cancer. According to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Northwest Ohio Community Profile ReportOhio's average is
approximately 195 per 100,000.
"To accurately reflect the statistics, we were hoping to get at
least 235 participants," said LMHS Oncology Outreach Coordinator
Nora Fought. Fought is also a member of the Breast Cancer Awareness
Coalition.
