Woonsocket Firefighters "Care Enough" to Wear Pink
Rhode Island Pink Heals makes Woonsocket their first stop on the "Cares Enough to Wear Pink" tour.
When Ted Dion, a firefighter in Central Coventry, found out that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer for the fourth time, he knew he had to find a way to fight back against the disease. Dion had lost his father to cancer at the young age of 3 and in 2008 had sought out the national organization of firefighters, police officers and public safety officials known as Guardians of the Ribbon. Under the name Pink Heals, the group drives pink fire trucks across the United States to support women in their fight against cancer and inspire men to get involved. While Dion was away driving trucks on the National Tour, his fellow firefighters decided to surprise him by painting his truck pink. Thus began the Rhode Island Chapter of Pink Heals, a …
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8:14 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Great job raising awareness. I saw a fire fighter driving a fire truck yesterday and it made me smile. 1% of men get this cancer also. more ›