Mammography promotion underway at GRMC

Great River Medial Center, along with several area businesses, are presenting the 2015 Breast Cancer Awareness program for October.

Breast cancer awareness candles were purchased and will be given to each person who gets a mammogram at the hospital in October. This will serve as a reminder to do monthly exams and schedule for next year. Barbara Williams, one of the program organizers, said there have been many stories of those who got mammograms due to this program, some who had never done so and some who had not in years.

Sponsors for this year are Nucor Yamato Steel, Day's Men's Store, Burge's Shoe Store, Goff Family, Thomas Speight and Noble, Me and My Sister Merle Norman, Hubbard and Hoke Furniture and Farmers Bank and Trust.

"I want to ask those that receive a candle to pleas thank our sponsors when you shop with them," Williams said. "I know they like hearing how the program helps."