breast cancer
Run, walk, bid for a cause
Runners in the Power of Pink timed 5K race take off along Main Street in Wheaton.
Fundraising record set at Power of Pink Banquet
Andrea Sitzes, one of the nine Pink Ladies supported by the Power of Pink organization through fundraiser proceeds, speaks about the challenges of being called a survivor and the lasting impact cancer has had on her and her sons’ lives.
Family history, genetic testing important factors
Brenda Broughton — a 67-year-old mom of three, grandmother to nine and great grandmother to eight — has spent the last 22 months fighting to be healthy.
Support, love, $12K
Power of Pink celebrated its 15th year of service to women diagnosed with breast cancer by raising $49,577.88 to help support the four nominated ladies of 2025.
Run raises funds for women battling cancer
Emily Brooks, left, 15, accepts a medal from her mother, April Brooks, left middle, as her sister Hannah Brooks, right middle, 12 and grandmother, Carol Griffin, congratulate her for completing her race at the Power of Pink's event on Saturday morning at the Wheaton City Park.
Purdy FBLA raises over $1,500 for local women battling breast cancer
The Purdy High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter raised just over $1,500 in their annual October Pink Out fundraising effort. Funds were raised from T-shirt and cake pop sales, a hat day, and a serving contest at the Pink Out Volleyball Game. The Purdy Community was especially generous, enabling the chapter to help two local women currently battling breast cancer.
Personalized, local, cutting-edge, affordable
cancer diagnosis are where, when and how to receive effective and affordable care. For residents of Barry County, that answer may lay in their own backyard.
A holistic, conventional breast cancer path
“Sugar was fueling my cancer,” said Manna Koopman. Koopman, who lives in Lowell, Ark., and was a 2024 recipient for the Wheaton-based Power of Pink organization, has a family history of breast cancer, leading her to complete genetic testing when she was diagnosed wit breast cancer.
Pink Out celebrates quindecennial
The Hmen Sisters, Olivia and Abi, help decorate the gym in advance of Pink Out 15 at Southwest High School. The event marked the 15th season the Lady Trojans have celebrated breast cancer awareness with a special event.
Year-long journey of hope
Karen Waltrip, of Monett, turned 40 years old in February, but she was just 37 years old when her battle with breast cancer began. Breast cancer diagnoses have decline by 0.3 percent per 100,000 women over the age of 20 between 1999 and 2018, according to an statistical analysis by the U.S.
