RMH will host a reception at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in the RMH lower level conference rooms for individuals currently dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis and breast cancer survivors. Each individual may bring two guests.

Guest speakers at the reception include:

• Peg Feodoroff, designer and creator of “Healing Threads” cancer treatment jackets.
• Teresa Boshart-Yoder, director of the RMH Women’s Center and breast cancer survivor.

The event is free, but registration is required by Oct. 5. Click here to register, or call Healthsource at 540-564-7200. Refreshments will be provided by Panera Bread.

More than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors are alive today in the United States, according to the National Cancer Institute. The NCI notes that this year alone, 207,000 new cases will be diagnosed.

“The number of people affected by this disease is devastating, but diagnosis and treatments continue to improve,” Boshart-Yoder said. “For those who have survived, including myself, there is reason to celebrate. For those recently diagnosed, there is reason for hope, and for our community as a whole, there is more to learn.”

Visitors are asked to park in Lot A and enter the hospital through the main entrance. Signs for the reception will be posted.