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Jupiter Medical Center Commemorates

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

With Its Third Annual Pink Chair Project

Campaign Celebrates Local cancer at its earliest stage and encouraging

Breast Cancer Survivors And women to get their mammograms and
other diagnostic tests annually.
Highlights The Inspiration of all breast cancer cases in the U.S. occur
Although it’s rare, about one percent
For Their Journey in men according to the National Breast
Cancer Foundation. Local Jupiter resident
Jupiter Medical Gerard Korczynski is one of this year’s
Center and The breast cancer survivor success stories
Margaret W. Niedland who had a right breast mastectomy and
Breast Center are five lymph nodes removed at Jupiter
commemorating Breast Medical Center this past January.
Cancer Awareness Month with its third annual “Pink Chair In partnership with Jupiter Medical
Project,” a campaign to that honors breast cancer patients Center and the Niedland Breast Center, Korczynski is
and survivors and raises awareness about breast health helping educate our community about early signs of breast
during the month of October. cancer in men.
Celebrating its third year, the project features chairs A lifelong outdoorsman, Korczynski explains the
decorated by local breast cancer survivors and patients inspiration for the design of his chair, which can be found
whose designs reflect the inspiration that helped them at Park Avenue BBQ in The Gardens Mall. “I have always
navigate through their diagnosis and treatment. Now loved hunting and fishing; they are simple pleasures. You
through the end of the month, the chairs will be on display of Jupiter Medical Center. “We are proud to support such try your best, hope for the best. Some days you catch
at businesses in The Gardens Mall and surrounding Jupiter an important and personal campaign for Breast Cancer something and some days you don’t. But I’m always
communities throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Awareness Month through our Pink Chair Project and bring thankful for the outdoors, the sun and the sky and being
Each chair is as unique as the designer and is accompanied more awareness to the community about these incredible alive. My chair, as you can see, reflects my love of hunting
by a display that explains the origins of each survivor’s survivor stories.” and fishing. My family helped decorate the chair which
inspiration and encourages men and women to schedule With one in eight women estimated to develop breast is a reflection of their love and support for me for which
their mammograms regularly. cancer each year, the Pink Chair Project aims to raise I am always grateful for!”
“Each year, far too many people and their families are awareness of the importance of diagnostic screening, with This year’s Pink Chair Project also spotlights the
affected by breast cancer and we must do more to educate the goal of early diagnosis and treatment to save lives. inspiring success story of mother and daughter Dena and
people about the importance of getting mammograms for Many of the participants’ stories stress this message, with Irene, breast cancer survivors who were both diagnosed
early detection,” said Dr. Amit Rastogi, president and CEO many attributing their survival story based on catching their less than a month apart. They used humor as the inspiration
for their chair design: “Our family uses humor to get
through difficult situations. We have both been very open
Drainage Information From Northern with family and friends about our diagnoses as well as
keeping everyone updated on our journeys through social
Palm Beach County Improvement District media in a humorous and positive way. Laughing about
our challenges and poking fun at the odd things our bodies
are going through has helped others feel more comfortable
Why do some yards flood after large quantities of rain? The simple answer is according to most talking about what’s happening. When others can have a
approved drainage designs, some water is meant to be temporarily stored in public recreational giggle, too, it really helps keep us moving forward with a
areas, yard swale and streets. The excess surface water slowly drains to community lakes or on-site positive attitude!”
ponds via street and yard drainage grates and/or via swales, ditches and canals. The more complex Both Dena and Irene are artists and chose to
answer is that each yard is different. Some yards have drainage swale areas. These are areas that incorporate their infectious sense of humor and artistic
are sloped to catch water and filter out pollutants as water is absorbed into the ground. Some yards style to create their chair themed, “Save the Boobies,”
direct water to the community drainage system as run-off with very little water retained in the yard. which was designed as a play on words around the blue-
Familiarize yourself with how your yard was built to determine how water drains from your home. footed booby birds.

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