Komen Circle of Promise event March 16 at Par-A-Dice Hotel

EAST PEORIA — It is a community issue. Women get breast cancer. Men get breast cancer. Entire families suffer the pain. It is time for breast cancer to go! Please join the Susan G. Komen Memorial Affiliate at the Circle of Promise Breast Cancer Survivor, Caregiver and Friends Breakfast March 16. Tickets are just $10 for general admission and FREE for breast cancer survivors.

Doors open at 9 a.m. to the Par-A-Dice Hotel Ballroom. Inside you will find a community health partner expo, entertainment, followed by breakfast, survivor testimonials, a medical panel and an audience question and answer period. More than 450 people are expected to attend.

Circle of Promise is an outreach effort of Susan G. Komen for the Cure that is aimed at engaging African American women through a mix of inspiration and information. Women of color are twice as likely to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer and thus, their mortality rates are much higher when faced with this devastating disease. Circle of Promise volunteers are working to change the statistics. They know that early detection is the key to saving lives. So, they are spreading the word about screening, breast health awareness and prevention.