NavCo Chronicle and Tri-County Chronicle invite readers to help fill October editions with pink in honor of survivors and those lost to breast cancer
Throughout October, the pages of The NavCo Chronicle and The Tri-County Chronicle will take on a little extra pink as both publications of The Chronicle, LLC recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
The month-long effort will combine awareness, community participation and local support as The Chronicle works to recognize those whose lives have been touched by breast cancer.
“Nearly everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer,” Publisher Kris Smith said. “These aren’t simply statistics. They are our mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, friends, coworkers and neighbors. We want our October editions to reflect their stories, their strength and their memories.”
Throughout the month, readers can expect special Breast Cancer Awareness content in both newspapers, including information encouraging awareness and early detection, recognition of survivors and those currently undergoing treatment, tributes honoring those who have lost their lives to the disease, and messages of support from local businesses and organizations.
But The Chronicle also wants its readers to become part of the project.
Show Us Your Pink!
The NavCo Chronicle and Tri-County Chronicle are asking individuals, families, businesses, schools, organizations, first responders and community groups throughout their coverage areas to wear pink, take a photo and send it to the newspaper.
Photos can honor a breast cancer survivor, recognize someone currently fighting breast cancer, remember a loved one lost to the disease or simply show support for everyone whose life has been affected.
Readers are encouraged to get creative. Offices can gather their employees for a group photograph. Schools and athletic teams can hold a pink-out day. Families can wear pink in memory of someone they love. Businesses can decorate their storefronts or gather their employees together.
Submitted photographs may be featured in special Breast Cancer Awareness coverage throughout October in The NavCo Chronicle, The Tri-County Chronicle and their associated platforms.
When submitting a photograph, readers should include the names of those pictured, their community or organization and the name of the person they are honoring or remembering. Participants should only submit photographs they have permission to share publicly.
More Than Pink
While October is easily recognized by its pink ribbons, Smith said the newspaper hopes its coverage serves as a reminder that Breast Cancer Awareness Month represents something much deeper.
“For someone who has fought breast cancer, pink means something entirely different,” Smith said. “It can represent fear, courage, treatment, recovery, grief, hope and survival. Behind every pink ribbon is somebody’s story.”
Whether it is a photograph of a survivor proudly wearing pink, coworkers standing together in support of a colleague, a football team dedicating a pink-out game to someone special or a family remembering a loved one, each photograph represents another piece of the communities these newspapers serve.
And those photographs don’t have to be professionally taken.
“We want real people and real moments,” Smith said. “Put on a pink shirt, gather everybody together and snap a picture with your phone. We want to see our communities covered in pink.”
Throughout October, The NavCo Chronicle and The Tri-County Chronicle invite everyone to help us honor the fighters, celebrate the survivors and remember those we have lost.
Wear pink. Take a picture. Tell us who you’re honoring. And help us fill the pages of The Chronicle with pink this October.