College students on the Excessive College for Well being Professionals helped to lift cash for breast most cancers.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — The Orangeburg Excessive College for Well being Professionals (HSHP) made strides towards breast most cancers consciousness on Wednesday.Â
That is the second 12 months the college has hosted a breast most cancers stroll.Â
This 12 months, greater than 200 college students on the faculty walked 1 / 4 of a mile as a option to increase cash.
Half of the proceeds from the stroll will likely be donated to the H.F. Mabry Middle for Most cancers Care on the Regional Medical Middle in Orangeburg.
It is a trigger that hits very near house for 4 12 months breast most cancers survivor Tiffany Hart.
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“October 24, 2018, I used to be identified with invasive ductal carcinoma, and boy did it change my life,” mentioned Hart.
She says her analysis was a wakeup name to breast most cancers.
After her analysis she had a mastectomy, and is now sharing her story with different younger ladies to emphasize the significance of a mammogram.
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She was additionally a visitor speaker at Wednesday’s most cancers stroll.
“It actually touched my coronary heart to be right here to know that she taught these children what it means to do self breast exams. As a result of plenty of these younger women don’t know what it’s, they actually don’t,” mentioned Hart.
“I’m glad that they’ve a useful resource and a useful resource at their faculty that they will contact bases with and ask questions as a result of these had been assets after I was youthful, I didn’t have,” mentioned Hart.
