Check It Out, a breast cancer awareness program sponsored by Hadassah, is heading to Palm Beach County high schools for the first time. This unique program is designed to instill the importance of monthly breast self-examination, in young women, at an early age.
Doctors agree that monthly self-examination is the key to early detection.
Out program, part of a national initiative started by Hadassah in Corpus Christi, Texas, is now being extended nation-wide. It Out program for the Florida Atlantic Region of Hadassah are Adele Avruch of Delray Beach, Ellen Zuskin of Boca Raton and Jill Kadingo of Jupiter. They said the Florida Atlantic Region of Hadassah is planning to host hour-long programs for eleventh and twelfth grade girls during breast cancer awareness month in October 2000. It will feature a video on breast self-examination provided by the American Cancer Society. Participants will receive a kit that contains a plastic gel model of a breast with two lumps and educational literature.