2020 PPP magazine

Page 4 2020 Paint the Paper Pink Lincoln Daily News October 2020 O ctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and time to Paint the Paper Pink. Though our “awareness” may have been focused on other issues in 2020, there is something we need to remember especially this month; cancer doesn’t care. Cancer doesn’t care if you have the flu or are a victim of the pandemic. It doesn’t care if you wear a face mask or social distance. It doesn’t care if you are having financial concerns due to lay-offs related to coronavirus. It doesn’t care if you have become a rather unwilling home school teacher. Cancer just doesn’t care, period, about anything but itself. While we have watched the devastating effect of a world-wide pandemic, cancer is still raging inside the bodies of many of our friends and neighbors. The impact it is having on those families is, if anything, worse now because of the pandemic. In the early stages of coronavirus, we heard stories of people who couldn’t get the cancer screenings they felt they needed. We also heard of people who had to face their doctors without their support team. Today, hospitals and medical centers have launched campaigns to assure the public that they are safe inside the facilities and that putting off exams and screenings is a bad idea. Putting off screening for breast cancer is a very bad idea. Statistics show that the best chances of survival of breast cancer come when the cancer is diagnosed early. Education on breast cancer and other cancers has been limited this year. The goal of Paint the Paper Pink is to help raise awareness, educate, and also show those who have this disease that while they may be isolated, they are not alone. Lincoln Daily News plan is to host daily photos of local folks wearing their pink shirts showing support for those who are currently breast cancer warriors. It’s time to Paint the Paper PINK! CONTINUE