The Mayor and Council issued proclamations on Oct. 10 to recognize efforts to prevent youth from engaging in bullying and to raise awareness about breast cancer prevention.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, which addresses bullying behavior and how to stop it. Rockville provides outreach to all children, including those who are involved in bullying, whether as bully, victim or bystander. Visit www.rockvillemd.gov/bullyingprevention for resources to help address bullying. For more information on the city’s bullying prevention efforts, call 240-314-8310.
Rockville is joining communities worldwide in declaring Breast Cancer Awareness Month as a time to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.
Breast cancer is the second most common kind of cancer in women, with more than 200,000 women receiving a breast cancer diagnosis and more than 40,000 women dying from the disease each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, a mammogram – the screening test for breast cancer – has allowed many women to survive breast cancer by finding it early.
Find more information, including details about finding low-cost mammograms, at bit.ly/CDCBreastCancer.
Find video of the proclamation presentations with the Oct. 10 agenda at www.rockvillemd.gov/AgendaCenter.