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Patch is making strides to help the cause in spreading awareness for breast cancer.
All month long, Patch will be dishing out information, your stories and other shared topics relating to breast cancer in light of the month of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Keep an eye out on our information page, which has links to all of our breast cancer articles.
October shares a number of different awareness initiatives. Did you know about this one?
Most commonly known for the celebration of Halloween, the discovery of America and breast cancer awareness, October is also home to a few lesser-known awareness initiatives, such as World Space Week and Domestic Violence Awareness Month. So, in respect to all of the causes of this breezy, fall month, we enlighten our readers with five facts they may not have known about Domestic Vioence Awareness Month. The following information comes from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Verizon Wireless... 1. The Genesis - "Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October, 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence," the NCADV's website printed. "The intent was to connect battered…
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