Fight Like A Girl- This year's slogan for the fight against breast cancer

Each year when October comes and the leaves begin to change colors some other things start to change colors as well.  We see pink ribbons, pink t-shirts and over the past two years we’ve even started to see pink hair. All of this pink serves as a reminder that October is breast cancer awareness month.

There are many women and men affected by breast cancer all over the World; therefore there are tons of different ways to raise money and awareness for the survivors of this dangerous illness. Here in Dubuque some strong survivors strut their stuff at a fashion show created to raise money for the Tri-State Survivors Fund.

On Monday night survivors from all over the tri-states came to the Port of Dubuque for a special event founded by Salon and Day Spa, Amirage. At this event breast cancer survivors model donated clothing from local boutiques such  as The Discovery Store and DBQ Fashions. The tickets were just one way to raise money for the survivors fund. There were also tables set up outside of the main event room selling different products such as t-shirts, hats and jewelry.

There are other ways to get involved in raising money for breast cancer as well. Some people raise funds for the Susan G. Koleman foundation by preparing for and walking in the 3 day breast cancer walk. Women like Tracy Less, the 6 year survivor from Dubuque, walk in order to support the women struggling through the disease.

Tracy was a 34 year old, stay at home mother when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. With a husband and 3 young daughters, Tracy had  big choices to make. The doctors only found cancerous cells in one of her breasts but she elected to have both of them removed so that she would not have to endure another surgery later in her life.

Tracy and I sat down and she told me a little bit more about her journey. “Ater my first daughter was born, she was 5 months old, I found a lump into my breast… I decided to go to the doctor and they did a mammogram but on the mammogram nothing showed up.” Tracy said.  She explained to us that without her doctor’s persistence she would have never known about her cancer.  ”There was a spot that they could feel but he wanted me to follow up just because i was young.”

To purchase the “Fight Like a Girl” products that are show in the show follow this link to the website where they are available. http://fightlikeagirlonline.com/