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Traverse City proclaims Family Court Awareness Month and designates Check Your Cherries Day for breast-cancer awareness
Summary
The commission proclaimed November 2025 as Family Court Awareness Month and designated the second Saturday in October as Check Your Cherries Day to raise breast-cancer awareness. Local advocates urged state legislation (Rowan's Act, Kaden's Law) and more research on higher-than-average regional breast-cancer rates in younger women.
The Traverse City Commission issued two public-health and awareness proclamations Oct. 20: November 2025 as Family Court Awareness Month and a new Check Your Cherries Day to promote breast-cancer screening and awareness.
Amanda Newton, representing Protective Parents Michigan, thanked the city for the family-court…
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