Employees spur education and action by participating in national awareness movement
One in 20 people will be diagnosed with colon cancer. Colon cancer typically has no symptoms until it has already progressed to later stages making it much more difficult to treat. Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and affects men and women equally. Those are some scary statistic and just a few of the reasons why Speare Memorial Hospital employees wore blue on Friday, March 4, 2016, the Colon Cancer Alliance’s National Dress in Blue Day, commemorating March as Colon Cancer Awareness Month and to help raise awareness of colon cancer, a disease that can be prevented through screening.
National Dress in Blue Day is held annually on the first Friday in March in communities and offices throughout the nation. The Colon Cancer Alliance first launched the Dress in Blue Day program in 2009 to bring nationwide attention to colon cancer and to celebrate the courage of those affected by this disease. Today, individuals, businesses and community groups across the country participate by wearing blue and urging others to do the same. Blue is the nationally recognized color for colon cancer. For more information, visit www.dressinblueday.org.