Cruisin’ Pink Offers Fun While Fighting Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the SOMC Cancer Center is offering you a chance to have a great time while helping in the battle against breast cancer. Portsmouth residents have always loved cruising Chillicothe Street and now they can do it for a great cause.
Everyone is invited to decorate their vehicles pink in honor of press cancer awareness, wear pink, and take part in a fun night of cruising a pre-determined route through the streets of Portsmouth.
The Cruisin’ Pink event will take place on Thursday, October 14 from 5 to 7 pm. SOMC says the event allows for safe, socially distant socializing from your vehicle.
WNXT will have a live radio remote and expect special appearances by pink characters.
To raise money for the fight against breast cancer, SOMC will sell Cruisin’ Pink t-shirts in two styles starting September 30th. (Click here for the order form) Orders of 25 or more can be delivered, smaller orders must be picked up at the SOMC Friends Center.
October Events
Other events for October include:
October 12 – Free breast screening from 2 to 7 pm at the SOMC Cancer Center. Financial assistance is provided to the uninsured. Call 740-356-7444 for an appointment.
October 14 – Crossfit Alpha Pack is offering anyone 14 and up a chance to participate in a special workout to raise awareness (no membership required). The workouts will take place at 5 am, 8 am, and 5:30 pm.
The workout will include:
7 Rounds -7% of the women diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide are under the age of 40
12 toes to bar -12% of the women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer
13 burpees — 1.3 million women worldwide are diagnosed yearly with breast cancer
28 air squats – currently 2.8 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S.
CASHOUT: 21 calorie row- 2,100 males are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
October 15 – Pink Out Day – Put on your pink clothes and show off your best pink decorations to show support for the fight against cancer.
For more information about Cruisin’ Pink events visit www.somc.org/pink, call 740-356-PINK, or email som cpaintitpink@gmail.com.