Berkley to Turn the Town Teal for National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Ribbons throughout downtown are part of a national campaign to raise awareness about 'The Silent Disease.'
The ribbons that will appear throughout Berkley this weekend are part of the Turn the Towns Teal campaign in recognition of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Women who have survived the disease, along with their supporters, will hang the teal-colored markers and distribute awareness brochures and symptoms cards Saturday at businesses throughout the city. "I have met a wide range of ovarian cancer survivors over the last years since my diagnosis (in 2000)," survivor Marcia Gurche wrote in a letter to City Manager Jane Bais-DiSessa seeking permission to hang the ribbons. "The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness and to help protect Berkley area females from late-stage ovarian cancer diagnoses." Since March, two women from …
