CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.- Tickle Me Pink was held Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Wilma Rudolph Events Center to support the local After Breast Cancer(ABC) program.
The Clarksville Area YMCA hosts the ABC program and all the proceeds from Tickle Me Pink support it. This is a free 16-week program that provides personal training and healing resources for local women during or after breast cancer.
A Rose Ceremony was held to honor those who have been affected by breast cancer.
Fortera Credit Union celebrated breast cancer survivors for the month of October at the Tickle Me Pink event held at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center. To show their unwavering support for breast cancer awareness in the community, Fortera sponsored the event as the Rose Ceremony Sponsor and set up a table where they gave away free prizes to all attendees. “Breast cancer impacts us all — our friends and our family members. We must remember to take every possible opportunity to create more awareness through education and continue to fight this silent disease,” said guest speaker Kim Clarkson, Fortera Director of Mortgage Lending.