SEPTEMBER 2024

 

WHEREAS Prostate Cancer Support Thunder Bay will lead and participate in a prostate cancer awareness campaign throughout this month with an aim to increase awareness of the #1 cancer in men and the support available in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario for men and their families; and

WHEREAS, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime; and

WHEREAS, PSC TB voluntarily helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer, provides support to men and families who live with prostate cancer, and promotes awareness of this disease; and

WHEREAS specific local landmarks will be LITE UP in BLUE, a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Clinic will be sponsored, ad campaigns conducted, and awareness events will be helped through the month, and

WHEREAS, as a result of the awareness campaign, awareness of prostate cancer and the need to get a PSA test, participate in information and peer-support events, and use individual peer-support services will increase;

THEREFORE, I Ken Boscoff, Mayor of the City of Thunder Bay, do hereby proclaim September 2024 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in Thunder Bay.

 

For more information please contact Prostate Cancer Support Thunder Bay

807-627-0333