Breast Cancer Awareness

Pink trash cans along Highway 90

If you’ve been driving down Highway 90 in Harrison County you might have noticed a little more color along the beaches. That’s because Harrison County has painted the trash cans pink. The reason for this is because October is Breast…

Bel-Aire Elementary School Wins Breast Cancer Challenge

Bel-Aire Elementary School is making major strides in the fight against breast cancer. The Gulfport elementary school’s gym was filled with pink this afternoon as kids chanted, shook pink pom-poms and held up signs that read ‘let’s beat cancer.’ The…

Breast Cancer Survivor Honored in Biloxi

Breast cancer survivor and Biloxi native Paulette Leaphart was honored at the Biloxi City Council meeting today for making a more than 1,000 mile walk to Washington, D.C. topless. Leaphart was surrounded by friends and family as she received the…

Plant It Pink Ocean Springs

Today the Ocean Springs Garden Club planted pink flowers with an important message. The ladies of the club placed the pink snapdragons in the shape of a ribbon for breast cancer awareness.The flowers are outside of the Singing River Imaging…

Real Men Wear Pink

This is the first year for the "Real Men Wear Pink" campaign here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The American Cancer Society has teamed up with 20 prominent local men to wear pink. This is an effort to increase awareness…

Jeepin' the Coast

Jeepin' the Coast Topless is an annual event to benefit breast cancer.

Interview with Liz Gaulke with the American Cancer Society

This is the first year for the “Real Men Wear Pink” campaign on the Gulf Coast. The American Cancer Society has teamed up with 20 prominent local men to wear their pink in an effort to increase awareness and raise…

Plant it Pink

A new pink crepe myrtle tree and ribbon shaped flowerbed are now planted in front of Singing River Health System’s Ocean Springs Imaging Center.

Discounted Mammograms

This year it is estimated that about 230,000 women will be diagnosed with a new case of breast cancer, according to breastcancer.org.