[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 158 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1550]
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                     BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 27, 2015

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, October marks Breast 
Cancer Awareness Month--a month to especially recognize and celebrate 
breast cancer patients, survivors, and advocates. While breast cancer 
affects individuals and families throughout the year, I especially 
appreciate the awareness and advocacy efforts that occur this week, 
especially the Walk for Life and Women's Night Out.
  The Walk for Life/Race for Life at Palmetto Health, though 
rescheduled due to the tragic flooding, is celebrating twenty-five 
years of raising funds and awareness for survivors and treatments in 
the Midlands. In the past twenty-five years, the Walk for Life, led by 
Chair Janet Snider, has gone from 200 participants in the first year to 
over 11,000 participants last year, raising over $800,000.
  Women's Night Out at Lexington Medical Center, led by President Mike 
Biediger, is an inspiring evening at Burkett, Burkett, and Burkett 
CPAs, where the hospital honors breast cancer patients, survivors, and 
their families. I know firsthand of the success at Lexington Medical 
Center, where my son Addison in high school was successfully treated 
for thyroid cancer determined by Dr. H.W. Bledsoe, Jr., and now himself 
is an orthopedic surgeon.
  In conclusion, God Bless Our Troops and may the President by his 
actions never forget September 11th in the Global War on Terrorism.

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