Members of the Rock Island Police Department are wearing new pink breast cancer awareness badges during October to support cancer awareness and raise money for Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities.
The badges were provided with the help of a generous donation from the Rock Island Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 57 and the Rock Island Police Benevolent and Protective Association. Even though October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Gilda’s Club provides a wide range of services for patients battling all forms of cancer and resources for family members of those undergoing treatment.
By providing patients with chemo care bags, conducting support groups, children and teen programs, or offering yoga, meditation and nutritional classes, Gilda’s Club wants to make sure you know that no one fights alone. Bettendorf police also recently joined the Pink Patch project.
“Just about everyone has been affected by cancer in some way, either through a personal battle or through a friend or loved one’s diagnosis,” Rock Island Deputy Police Chief Tim McCloud said in a news release. “By proudly wearing these badges in support of all who are in this fight, we hope to raise awareness and raise funds to support the mission of Gilda’s Club and all those struggling with cancer.”
The City of Rock Island and the police department will be highlighting opportunities to donate to Gilda’s Club on their Facebook pages throughout the month of October. Anyone wishing to donate may drop off a check made payable to the Police Benevolent and Protective Association – with Gilda’s Club in the memo line – to the front desk of the Rock Island Police Department, 1212 5th Avenue.
You may also donate directly to Gilda’s Club by visiting here.
