American Training Goes PINK

October is recognized nationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This annual campaign was born in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and Imperical Chemical Industries, a maker of anti-breast cancer drugs. Its purpose is to raise awareness in an effort to promote early detection in women and to support Breast Cancer charities in their raising of funds to find a cure to end this devastating disease.

On Monday October 20^th Day Services sent out a flyer inviting all of our Guests, Students, and Colleagues to join them on Friday October 24^th in support of this noble cause and to show support for those battling this disease by coming to work wearing their finest pink attire. Friday morning arrived and so did the American Training family, answering the call, decked from head to toe in a wide spectrum of pink ranging from soft pink to hot pink to neon… all coming together in a grand show of support.

The energy was amazing.

In true American Training WOW! Magic style, Guests, Students and Colleagues gathered together in the lobby of 6 Campanelli Drive to send a shout out show of support and a very special birthday message to a family member of a Colleague, who is bravely battling this disease and whose birthday it happened to be on our Wear Pink Day.

Check out our video message to her on Youtube: American Training goes PINK for Lori

Interesting facts about Breast Cancer:

• Breast Cancer incident rates are highest among Caucasian women
• Breast Cancer death rates are highest among African-American women
• Men can be diagnosed with breast cancer
• Breast Cancer that remains in the breast is not deadly, however if left untreated it becomes life threatening because the cancer cells become metastatic, and will eventually travel to vital organs
• Breast Cancer can affect the young. The youngest known Breast Cancer Survivor was only three years old
• Incidents of Breast Cancer occur more in developed countries than in non-developed countries
• The USA has the most cases of Breast Cancer in the world
• Statistics show that Breast Cancer is more likely to develop in the left breast than in the right
• Women in the USA have a 1-in-8 chance of being diagnosed with Breast Cancer at some point in their lives
• These cancer cells can take over 100 days to double in size and up to 10 years to grow to a size that is able to be felt under the skin
• Over 10% of all cancers found in women is Breast Cancer

To learn more about Breast Cancer please visit the American Cancer Society website. To learn more about Day Services please check us out here.