Real Men Wear Pink ready for next campaign

Published 3:17 pm Friday, July 19, 2019

The Real Men Wear Pink group is looking for help with their upcoming campaign set to be from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31.

“Participants will raise awareness for breast cancer by wearing pink throughout the month of October,” said Alvin Craig who is with the Real Men Wear Pink group. “They will help raise funds that will support Relay for Life of Dallas County.”

Craig said breast cancer doesn’t just affect women.

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“Thousands of men are diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. every year,” said Craig. “So are more than 266,000 of their daughters, wives, mothers, sisters and friends. The American Cancer Society created the Real Men Wear Pink campaign to engage and empower male community leaders in the fight to end breast cancer. Each Real Men Wear Pink participant accepts a fundraising challenge and competes to be the top fundraiser among his peers by the end of the campaign.”

While this campaign is a fundraising initiative, it also provides strong awareness efforts in the local community for the American Cancer Society and its efforts to save lives from breast cancer. Dollars raised help the American Cancer Society save lives from breast cancer through early detection and prevention, innovative breast cancer research, and patient support. For more information about breast cancer, visit cancer.org or call 1-800-227-2345.

To be part of this year’s Real Men Wear Pink, contact Craig at 334-538-0771 or by email at alvincraig@yahoo.com.