Brightway Insurance, a national property and casualty insurance retailer based in Jacksonville, Fla., recently contributed $1,632 to a local breast cancer awareness organization, raised by employees. The funds will go toward the purchase of a mobile mammography unit.
The insurance company’s “Fun Committee” sold awareness-themed items to raise the money, which was donated to Buddy Check 12, a Jacksonville non-profit that promotes monthly breast self-exams and other means of early detection.
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“Giving back is part of the culture at Brightway, and I’m so proud of our employees for orchestrating a fundraiser for Buddy Check 12 that will go toward the purchase of a local mammography unit,” said Michael Miller, Brightway co-founder and chairman.
“We’re thrilled to see Brightway employees work with such enthusiasm to help us save more lives through the early detection of breast cancer,” said Buddy Check 12 co-founder and local news anchor Jeannie Blaylock.
“We’ve come a long way since we started Buddy Check in 1992 when talking about checking your breasts was pretty much taboo. Now we’ve seen women take control of their own health and remind each other to check and get mammograms. Still, though, some 46% of women are not getting regular mammograms. That’s why we’re grateful Brightway is helping us raise funds to purchase a Buddy Bus, a mobile mammography unit.”
One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer within her lifetime, according to a release from Brightway.
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