Pink t-shirts were purchased by firefighters across Rhode Island during the Pink Heals “Cares Enough to Wear Pink” campaign.
The Rhode Island Pink Heals has once again teamed up with firefighters throughout the State of Rhode Island to wear pink T-shirts while on duty to support the women of RI with ALL types of cancer. The shirts were worn by all the participating fire departments from Oct. 21 to 28. This year, the shirts also have the name “Jenna” on the left sleeve to remember 9-year-old Jenna Jacques who passed away on July 6, 2012 from brain cancer. Jenna Jacques was an advocate for childhood cancer in RI and also who the RI Pink Heals named their pink rescue after. It was also special to put Jenna’s name on our shirts because Wednesday, Oct. 24th would have been her 10th birthday. Firefighters throughout RI purchased 1,541 shirts with their own money, …
Firefighters across the state, including Middletown, Portsmouth and Newport, are wearing pink T-shirts this week to raise awareness about all cancers that affect women.
You might have looked twice when passing by the Portsmouth Fire Department yesterday, but that really was a pink firetruck and two pink police cruisers parked in the driveway. The Rhode Island Chapter of Pink Heals, Guardians of the Ribbon, stopped by fire departments in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport on Thursday as part of a statewide tour to raise awareness. The Pink Heals organization seeks to "take back the color pink" and raise awareness about all cancers, not just breast cancer, which affect women. Fire departments throughout the state, from Portsmouth to Providence and Cranston to Cumberland, are participating this week in the effort. Firefighters purchased custom pink T-shirts for $20 each and wore them while on duty to …
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