Trenton marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a parade and flag football game Saturday, Oct. 10, bringing together city employees, residents and breast cancer survivors.
The city’s annual Pink Out Breast Cancer Awareness Parade began at the Trenton Battle Monument and traveled to the Capital City Sports Complex, where a brief ceremony was followed by the second annual Pink Out Bowl.
The flag football game pitted employees from the city’s Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture, Trenton Water Works and Much Better Studios against a team representing the Trenton Fire Department, Trenton Police Department and Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.
The emergency services team won, 26-20.
Mayor W. Reed Gusciora joined City Council Vice President Jennifer Williams, Councilwomen Jasi Edwards, Teska Frisby and Yazminelly Gonzalez, Health and Human Services Director Dr. Diego Manicapelli and other city officials for the parade and ceremony.
The event was intended to raise awareness of breast cancer, recognize survivors and their families, and provide residents with information about screening, early detection and treatment.
Officials also emphasized that breast cancer can affect men as well as women.
“Awareness & detection are so important to ensuring ourselves & our loved ones get the care they need,” Manicapelli said, citing family experiences with early detection and preventive treatment.
Gusciora thanked city employees who organized the event, particularly those in the Health and Human Services and Recreation departments.
“We’re happy to continue this tradition each year and bring together the community in support of a cause that affects all of us,” Gusciora said. “This is a disease for which early detection & treatment can make a world of difference.”
