Local leaders are stepping up to raise awareness and funds in the fight to end breast cancer after participating in the American Cancer Society’s Aug. 28 launch event, the “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign.
For the third year, 16 Miami-area leaders united with the American Cancer Society to kick-start the organization’s annual fundraising efforts by pledging to wear pink throughout the month of October.
The organization created the “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign to engage and empower male community leaders in the fight to end breast cancer. Each participant has accepted a fundraising challenge and will now compete to be the top fundraiser among his peers by the end of the campaign.
The launch party at Well Groomed Gentleman, a swank men’s barbershop and spa-lounge on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, included the following candidates:
Francis X Suarez, Mayor, City of Miami;
Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools;
Juan Perez, Director, Miami-Dade County Police Department;
Ed Hudak, Chief of Police, City of Coral Gables;
Juan Molina, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Care Cloud;
Dr. Nicholas Lambrou, Chief of Gynecologic Oncology and Medical Director of Robotic Surgery, Miami Cancer Institute;
Neil Hammack, Project Executive, Dominion Builders LLC;
Javid Mortazavi, Financial Advisor, Mass Mutual Financial;
Dave Downey, Fire Chief, Miami-Dade County;
Ignacio Lizama, Vice President, CDM Smith;
John Criste, Associate Attorney, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton;
Carlos Migoya, President and CEO, Jackson Heath System;
William Talbert, President and CEO, Greater Convention and Visitors Bureau;
Rene Diaz, Executive Director, Office of Community Advocacy, Miami-Dade County;
Maurice Kemp, Deputy Mayor, Miami-Dade County;
Daniel Junior, Director, Miami Dade Corrections;
Bruno Barriero, Florida’s 27th Congressional District, and
Ray Baker, Director, Miami Dade Public Library System.
Breast cancer doesn’t just affect women. Thousands of men are diagnosed with the disease in the U.S. every year. And so are more than 266,000 of their daughters, wives, mothers, sisters, and friends.
While this campaign is a fundraising initiative, it also provides strong awareness efforts in the local community for the American Cancer Society and its efforts to save lives from breast cancer.
Dollars raised help the American Cancer Society save lives from breast cancer through early detection and prevention, innovative breast cancer research, and patient support.
For information about breast cancer, visit cancer.org or call 800-227-2345.
