Loudoun County supervisors on Oct. 7 approved a proclamation designating October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and heard from organizers of Walk for Mountains, a local nonprofit that offers mammography and patient support.

Supervisor (chair) and speakers described the personal importance of screening. The proclamation cited American Cancer Society 2024–25 Breast Cancer Facts and Figures statistics read at the meeting: an estimated 310,000 new breast-cancer diagnoses in women in the United States and about 42,000 deaths (figures reported from the ACS presentation at the meeting). The proclamation also noted that five‑year survival when cancer is detected at a localized stage approaches 99 percent.

Nicole Clark, Walk for Mountains founder, described the 2025 event and a new motorcycle “ride” complementing the walk, and said proceeds will fund Loudoun organizations including Step Sisters and Loudoun Breast Health Network. Speakers emphasized that Walk for Mountains is volunteer-run and directs funds locally: organizers said the event has expanded from 185 participants in its first year to several hundred in recent years. The meeting also noted that a mobile mammography van (the “mama van”) will provide 3D mammograms during the event, and that appointments on the mobile unit are available without participating in the walk.

Why it matters: county officials and local nonprofits promoted early detection and accessible mammography. Local organizers emphasized that funds raised stay in Loudoun to help patients with treatment costs and support services.

Discussion (summary): survivors and nonprofit leaders urged residents to keep screening up to date and noted the availability of the mobile mammography unit at the event on Oct. 11. Board members shared personal testimony about screening and urged residents to schedule mammograms.

Ending: Organizers encouraged residents to attend Walk for Mountains on Oct. 11 and to use the mobile mammography unit; the board adopted the proclamation as part of its consent agenda.