Making Strides During ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’ [VIDEO]

October is "Breast Cancer Awareness Month", a time when we can learn more about the disease, and how to help research efforts.

Here's more about "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" according to www.cancer.org:

"How the American Cancer Society Fights Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States (other than skin cancer). But millions of women are surviving the disease thanks in part to early detection and improvements in treatment.

The American Cancer Society is actively fighting breast cancer by helping women get tested to find breast cancer earlier, and helping them understand their treatment options and cope with the physical and emotional side effects. We also fund research to help prevent, find, and treat breast cancer."

Watch the Paul Abdul/Avon Foundation new "Check Yourself" video:

Locally, there are a number of events taking place to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. In Utica, you can take part in the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk". Here are the details according to main.acsevents.org:

"Making Strides of Utica, NY

Sunday, October 19, 2014

8:30 am Masonic Campus

2150 Bleecker St, Utica, NY

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a celebration of survivorship an occasion to express hope and our shared determination to make this breast cancer’s last century.

The fight to end breast cancer starts with a single step. Join millions of people in more than 300 communities nationwide and take that step with us at the American Cancer Society Making Strides of Utica, NY walk. Just a few hours of your time at our non-competitive, 1.5-to-2.5 mile event will help bring a lifetime of change for people facing breast cancer and their families.

Every Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (MSABC) event is an incredible and inspiring opportunity to unite as a community to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with breast cancer research, information and services, and access to mammograms for women who need them."