United Way of the Brazos Valley president Alison Prince visits with WTAW’s Bill Oliver about recent visits around the service area to businesses participating in the agency’s community campaign.
Listen to “United Way of the Brazos Valley update, May 7 2019” on Spreaker.
College Station police post on their Facebook page the arrest of a Mumford man on multiple drug and weapons charges. Online records from the Robertson County jail shows 48 year old Robert Densey Wilson is held on nine warrants from Brazos County and a parole violation. CSPD says they seized from Wilson’s home, seven guns, an undisclosed amount of cash and various quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, and marijuana.
Pink Alliance, the Brazos Valley’s advocate for breast health and cancer support, hosted its 21st Surviving and Thriving Luncheon on Wednesday. Keynote speaker Kim Becking says her message is about taking care of yourself and being your own advocate. “You’re taking action because we know early detecting saves lives. I was 30 when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, 22 years ago, and I am here today because of that early detection,” says Becking. Becking, a New York Times Best-Selling author, says her book “Nordies at Noon” is about her and her friends’ experiences with being “too young” for breast cancer. “Twenty-two years ago, young women weren’t talking about getting breast cancer. We were being dismissed by our doctors, we were being told ‘come back in six months, come back in a year, let’s just watch it’. Our mortality rates were a lot higher, our cancers were more aggressive,” says Becking. This is why Becking encourages everyone to be their own advocate and listen to their body. “That early detection, I am living proof that it saves lives. We all need to be our own advocate and share our message with others,” says Becking. Since 2003, the Surviving and Thriving luncheon has raised $1.24 million to support local breast health initiatives, further cancer awareness, and serve breast cancer patients. Click here to learn more about Pink Alliance. Listen to “Message of Hope and Self-Advocacy at Surviving and Thriving Luncheon” on Spreaker.
The local director of the Red Cross is preparing to make her third trip in four months to a hurricane zone. Jennifer Young says she is expecting to be deployed to Charlotte, North Carolina, which is the hub of Red Cross operations in that region following Hurricane Helene. Young previously went to Baton Rouge in September following Hurricane Francine and the Houston area following Hurricane Beryl in July. The Red Cross is seeing hurricane assistance in three ways. One is financial donations. Visit redcross.org or text the word HELENE to 90999. Young says the Red Cross is seeking more than 300 volunteers to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. More information about volunteering is online at redcross.org/volunteer. And Young says blood donors are needed to fill more than 1,500 donations that will not be collected as the result of blood drives that were canceled following Hurricane Helene. Go online to RedCrossBlood.org to make an appointment. Click below to hear comments from Jennifer Young, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver. Listen to “The local Red Cross director is headed to her third hurricane zone in four months” on Spreaker.
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