County supervisors proclaim October "Breast Cancer Awareness Month"

(First row, left to right): Deb Tekippe, John Logsdon, Margaret Walter, John Beard and Elizabeth Kane. (Second row, left to right): Dean Thompson, Floyd Ashbacher and Donna Gilbert. (Third row, left to right): Mark Kuhn, Danielle Bakewell and Ben Steines. (Fortuh row, left to right): Rosie Kuhn, Patty Wennes Kabriger and Renee Olson

The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors on Monday signed a proclamation declaring October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The proclamation is also in support of the Winneshiek County Celebration of Life, the local group which since 1999 has been raising money for free mammograms performed locally at Winneshiek Medical Center and for screenings performed at Gundersen--Decorah Clinic.
 
The American Cancer Society recommends women should begin yearly mammogram screenings at the age of forty or earlier if there is a family history of breast cancer, or as recommended by their health care provider.  

For more information on the free mammogram screenings and other pgorams of WCCOL, visit www.winneshiekcol.com or contact Margaret Walter at 563-382-8202.