Local Designers Share Creativity and Artist Vision at Bras for the Cause Event Thursday

The decorated bras are in and their unveiling takes place tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 11 at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

This year's Bras for the Cause entries will be judged by a panel that includes Enumclaw Mayor Liz Reynolds, Schools Superintendent Mike Nelson and Dr. Ralph Zech.

Come and vote for your favorite (tickets cost $1) and enjoy wine, available for purchase, from Rendezvous Wine and Brew.

The event starts at 5 p.m. in the Rainier Room at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

All funds raised go towards paying for mammograms for low-income women in our community.  Last year, 44 women in our community had free mammograms through St. Elizabeth’s Mammogram Clinic!

Sponsored By:  Enumclaw Senior Activity Center/City of Enumclaw; St. Elizabeth Hospital; Highpoint Village

Facts about breast cancer

• Every three minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S.

• Every 13 minutes a woman in America dies of breast cancer.

• In the U.S., a woman has about a 12 percent, or 1 in 8, lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.

• Being a woman and getting older are the most important risk factors for breast cancer.

• Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic-American and Latina women.

• African-American women experience higher death rates from breast cancer than any other racial or ethnic group, even though whites experience higher incidence rates.

• Women 40 and older should have a mammogram every one to two years. Women who have had breast cancer or breast problems, or who have a family history of breast cancer may need to start having mammograms at a younger age or more often.

• Early detection of breast cancer, through clinical breast exams, yearly mammograms after age 40 and breast self-awareness, offers the best chance for survival.

• In the U.S., 76.5 percent of women have had a mammogram in the last two years.

• It is estimated that approximately $8.1 billion is spent in the U.S. each year on treatment of breast cancer.

• Of women who find and treat breast cancer early (at stage one), 95 percent will be cancer free after five years.