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Pink Chair Project For Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Report and Photos by Penny Sheltz cancer survivors and patients whose designs reflect the With one in eight
Jupiter Medical Center and The Margaret W. inspiration that helped them navigate through their diagnosis women estimated to
Niedland Breast Center commemorated breast and treatment. develop breast cancer
cancer awareness month with its third annual The chairs were on display at businesses in The each year, the Pink
Pink Chair Project. This is a campaign for breast Gardens Mall for breast cancer awareness month. Each Chair Project aimed
cancer patients and survivors that also chair is as unique as the designer and was accompanied to raise awareness
raises awareness about breast health by a display that explains the origins of each survivor’s of the importance of
during the month of October. inspiration and encouraged women to schedule their diagnostic screening,
Celebrating this year, the project mammograms regularly. with the goal of early
featured chairs decorated by local breast diagnosis and treatment
to save lives. Many of
the participants’ stories
stress this message, with many attributing their survival
story based on catching their cancer at its earliest stage
and encouraging women to get their mammograms and
other diagnostic tests annually.
All of the participants in the Pink Chair Project are
patients of Jupiter Medical Center Comprehensive Breast
Care Program.
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