For the month of October, St. Mary’s County’s welcome signs will again be bathed in pink light in the fight against breast cancer. The event is part of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s statewide pink lighting project.
The three welcome signs are located along MD 234 (Budds Creek Road), MD 5 in Charlotte Hall (both at the Charles County line) and on MD 4 just south of the Thomas Johnson Bridge.
All three welcome signs will remain lit in pink each night through October 31.
Komen Maryland reports:
- Maryland has the sixth highest breast cancer rate in the nation
- An estimated 4,570 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed among women in Maryland in 2014 and 820 women are expected to die from the disease
- There are more than 3 million Breast Cancer Survivors in the United States
- 75% of Komen Maryland’s net proceeds remain within the state to fund local research, screening, treatment and support service programs throughout Maryland. The remaining 25% goes directly to national peer reviewed research
- In 2014, Komen Maryland has provided over one million dollars to 14 local research, screening, treatment and support service programs throughout Maryland. An additional $520,000 has gone directly to support national peer reviewed research through Komen Headquarters.
For more information about Susan G. Komen Maryland go to www.komenmd.org.