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Tehachapi leaders, residents mark October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month; city sponsors walk, butterfly wall and fundraising hats
Summary
City representatives and volunteers presented a proclamation for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, announced a weekend walk and health fair, and described community fundraising including poppy‑seed giveaways and commemorative hats benefitting local cancer charities.
City officials and community volunteers on the council dais observed October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and detailed a slate of awareness and fundraising events over the coming days.
Staff and volunteers described free poppy‑seed packets donated by the Shaw family to encourage spring blooms, a community butterfly wall at City Hall for people to add names of loved ones, and two commemorative city caps priced at $20 each with proceeds going to the Tehachapi Cancer Foundation and the AIS Cancer Foundation.
Organizers invited the public to a breast‑cancer awareness walk at Railroad Park, requesting participants arrive by 8 a.m. for a walk that begins about 8:30 a.m.; the course includes one‑mile and two‑mile options and will coincide with the Apple Festival. The city manager and event staff also said the butterfly wall will be displayed at City Hall through October and at the walk.
Christine (Chris) Budge, introduced at the meeting as the mayor’s spouse and described by staff as a five‑time cancer survivor, addressed the council and attendees. Christine said, “I just wanna say this isn't a sad thing. This is a great thing. All the medicine they have now for cancer is amazing. So it's a hopeful thing, and it's a thing that, you can live with cancer. You can live a healthy life.”
Staff asked the council to proclaim the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Tehachapi; council members and attendees were presented pink ribbons and encouraged to participate in weekend events. Staff said volunteers from the two local cancer organizations will participate at the event and that proceeds from hat sales will support patient services.
What happens next: weekend events include the Railroad Park awareness walk and an Apple Festival schedule of activities; the city will display the butterfly wall at City Hall and at the walk and make seeds and hats available at City Hall and festival booths.
