Going pink in October

In case you missed it, we’ve entered October. Aside from being the month of spooky Halloween fun, October is host to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

There are a bunch of ways to “go pink” in the Lodi area. Monday will be the Scramble Fore a Cure Golf Tournament, Oct. 17 will be the Race for Awareness, and the Survivor Fashion Show will hit the runway on Oct. 19. For more information about these events, check out Geweke’s Pink October Web site. In addition to their events, Pink October has set up ribbon stations, where you can donate a couple of dollars and get a pink ribbon to wear.

The local Coldstone Creamery, by the movie theater, is supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation, with the help of Arizona Cardinals football player Larry Fitzgerald. Buying a Larry Fitzgerald ice cream gift card for a friend or family member will help the cause. And he’s not the only NFL player to support the fight against breast cancer, either — the 49ers and other football teams donned pink cleats, sweats, and other items of clothing to raise awareness.

Even if you can’t get to any of those events or spare enough to donate, you can still help out for free, for just a minute or two each day. Two Web sites — the Breast Cancer Site and Care2’s Click to Cure Breast Cancer — turn a simple click into donations with the help of their sponsors. The Breast Cancer Site helps fund mammograms for women who couldn’t otherwise afford them, and the Click to Cure Breast Cancer helps fund Susan G. Komen for the Cure.