At the Makin' Waves event, Mayor Haas will designate the third Friday in October as Revere Mammography Day. Mayor Haas also hopes that community members, employers, physicians, churches, clubs and other organizations will encourage women of all ages to obtain information about mammography screenings and to seek appropriate services. MGH Revere provides free mammography and cervical cancer screenings as part of the MGH Health Associates Breast and Cervical Cancer Initiative. The goal of the collaboration, consisting of 14 community health centers including MGH Revere, is to provide free screenings to 2,000 low income and uninsured women in the metropolitan Boston area this year. Strides Against Breast Cancer teams is an important part of its mission to promote breast cancer awareness.
Early detection is what saves women's lives.