Community gets its own design
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| Marcia Morman shows off the exclusive design for this year's Breast Cancer Early Detection t-shirt, which she hopes will be sported by people countywide October 30. |
“The t-shirt was fun to design,” said Marcia Morman, Boundary County Hospital’s Community Relations Coordinator. “I chose the butterfly as the perfect representation of freedom from fear. With new technology in digital mammography, women who have an annual mammogram have much more assurance than in the past of cancer detection.
“The pink, of course, represents woman. Men do get breast cancer, but it is not a common occurrence. Women, on the other hand, have an extremely high rate of breast cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, one out of eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime. The words ‘early detection can save your life,' is the heart of the hospital’s message. That’s what it’s all about.”
The t-shirts sell for $6.50, which is what the hospital pays for the shirt and the screen-printing. The hospital sold 330 t-shirts last year. Business owners and staff all over town, both men and women, wore the t-shirt in a show of solidarity to encourage women to schedule their annual mammogram.
Anyone visiting town three days prior to the Mayoral Proclamation of Breast Cancer Awareness Early Detection Day last year witnessed the sea of pink.
Restaurant servers and cooks, grocery store checkers, hairdressers, bank tellers, athletic club instructors, medical office staff and many more wore pink.
This year’s Mayoral Proclamation will be at noon Wednesday, October 30, at Georgia Mae Plaza on Main Street in downtown Bonners Ferry. To read the proclamation, click here.
“We are looking forward to even more participation this year,” said Morman. “I will be going from business to business with the t-shirts this week, but if I don’t make it to your business, please call us for a t-shirt. The t-shirts are for everyone, not just those in business. They can be purchased at the Outpatient Clinic at the hospital, or directly from me. Remember that all mammograms at Boundary Community Hospital are 25% off now thru November 15. There are also free mammogram vouchers for those who meet the qualifications offered by Panhandle Health and Boundary Community Clinics.”
For t-shirts, call Boundary Community Hospital, (208) 267-3141 or (208) 267-6912. To schedule a mammogram, call Boundary Community Hospital, (208) 263-3141, extension 4258. For vouchers call, Panhandle Health, (208) 267-5558 or Boundary Community Clinics, (208) 267-2086.