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Township proclaims October 2025 Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Oct. 17 as Mammography Day
Summary
A proclamation read in open session declared October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Oct. 17, 2025 as Mammography Day in Springfield, urging residents, businesses and nonprofits to promote screening and awareness.
The Springfield Township Committee read a proclamation declaring October 2025 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Oct. 17, 2025 as Mammography Day in the township. The proclamation recited national incidence and mortality statistics for breast cancer and urged residents, private businesses and nonprofit organizations to participate in awareness activities and to promote screening.
The proclamation text in the record names Richard Huber as mayor of Springfield Township and calls on citizens to support screening and to "go pink" in solidarity. The proclamation text as read includes national case and mortality numbers for 2025 and reiterates that mammography is the best available method for early detection of breast changes that may be cancerous.
The transcript contains one typographical transcription of the screening term; this article uses the standard spelling "mammography" when referring to the screening practice.
