Minden,NV – As a departure from the usual blue firefighter uniform T-shirt… the East Fork Professional Firefighters, International Association of Firefighters Local No. 3726, joins the national campaign in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) by wearing their “caring enough to wear pink,” uniform T-shirts for the entire month of October. “Our firefighters have received very positive comments regarding the pink T-shirts,” says Capt. Walt Kesteloot. “The[NBCAM] campaign, with it’s signature pink color, certainly has made an impact breast cancer awareness and education. I’m just glad that we can do our part to help out.”

Since the NBCAM program began in 1985, mammography rates have more than doubled for women age 50 and older and breast cancer deaths have declined. This is good progress, but there are still women who do not take advantage of early detection at all and others who do not get screening mammograms and clinical breast exams at regular intervals.

In order to help fund breast cancer screening and mammograms for qualified low-income and uninsured women and men, several of the firefighters will be joining a fund-raising event sponsored by Cross-fit Carson Valley on October 29th, as a local affiliate for Mammograms in Action. For information on the “Pink Bra Tour” and “Barbells for Boobs” event please visit www.barbellsforboobs.com.

For more information on breast cancer contact the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month program at <nbcam.org> or the American Cancer Society at <cancer.org>.

The East Fork Professional Firefighters IAFF Local No. 3726 sponsors fund raising events for the East Fork Firefighter’s Burn Foundation, Shriners Hospital, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and Breast Cancer Awareness.