Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As I'm sure you're all aware October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

This is a very important issue to me, and one that is very dear to my heart. For one, my mother and my aunt are both breast cancer survivors. Two, I am a firm believer in affordable and accessible health care for women. This is a disease that knows no boundaries when it comes to women. But it is one that is slowly becoming more and more treatable with advancing technologies.

This weekend thousands of women will be hitting the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 18th Annual Especially For You Women's Race Against Breast Cancer. The proceeds from this race have gone to help 4,308 uninsured or underinsured women receive more than $1 million in breast-care services. The best part about this race? All the money stays local. It all goes to help women in the area.

This weekend I'll be one of the thousands of women hitting the streets of Cedar Rapids in support of affordable local breast-care services...will you?