Local Komen chapter wants to see pink during October

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Orange County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure is encouraging locals to pick a day and wear pink.

Choose something pink, wear it around town and donate $5 or more to Passionately Pink for the Cure in Orange County.

Seventy-five percent of the proceeds will go toward breast cancer research; the remaining 25% will support education, screening and treatment programs in the local community.

Lisa Wolter, executive director of the Komen Orange County Affiliate, said “The idea for Passionately Pink is to see pink everywhere, every day in October, reminding everyone of the crucial need to end breast cancer everywhere.”

To register, go to www.passionatelypink.org. Participants will receive Passionately Pink for the Cure pins, event-day ideas and promotional materials.

— Sue Thoensen