Calling Hospitals To "Light It Blue" To Recognize Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

As National Support Grows, Blue Cure Asks More Cancer Centers to Join Campaign

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Sep 21, 2015, 03:37 ET

HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This September, buildings across the nation are lit blue to support Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. By increasing the visibility of the "Light it Blue" campaign, Blue Cure Foundation is working to start conversations early on with young men on prevention through healthy lifestyle choices, and honoring those we've lost, along with the 2.9 million American survivors.

Boston's Dana Farber Cancer Institute participates in the #LightitBlue campaign for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Photo Credit: Sam Ogden

Blue Cure respectfully calls on our nation's health care professionals to join in the movement through the simple act of lighting a hospital or cancer center blue for an evening this September.

Cancer centers and hospitals across the nation participating in the #lightitblue campaign this month include Baylor College of Medicine; Houston Methodist (Sugar Land) and twelve Memorial Hermann locations in Houston, TX; at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA; in Raleigh, NC at the Wells Fargo Duke Energy Center in Raleigh, NC; at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance complex (including Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's Hospital and UW Medicine) in Seattle, WA; in Clermont, FL at South Lake Hospital in Clermont, FL; at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America - Western Regional Medical Center in Goodyear, AZ and in Mineola, NY at the Long Island Cancer Center at Winthrop University Hospital.

Founder Gabe Canales (diagnosed with prostate cancer at 35) says, "This simple act can have a powerful ripple effect in communities across our nation. One in seven American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. We have an awesome opportunity to reach out to our brothers, sons, grandfathers, dads, husbands and friends this month."

For more information on the #LightitBlue campaign, or to nominate a specific location to light blue this year (or next), supporters can visit www.lightitblue.org, and sign the petition to light the White House blue for an evening in support of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (http://chn.ge/1eDsb3d).

About Blue Cure Foundation
Blue Cure's mission is to prevent prostate cancer and improve outcomes for those with cancer by funding and advocating for cancer research in integrative and preventive medicine, by educating men and youth about dietary and lifestyle habits which can greatly reduce their risk of cancer. www.bluecure.org

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SOURCE Blue Cure Foundation