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ed one of the pink patches sent to her daughter, a breast cancer survivor. Another buyer is a retired police officer all the way in Scotland.
“ Everyone in the community has been affected in some way by cancer. I continue to be amazed by the efforts of the men and women of the Fullerton Police Department and their desire to help others in need. CSO Wells did a great job organizing and promoting our involvement. We are proud to be a part of the Pink Patch Project, a project that will help us donate funds directly back into the community to fight cancer,” says FPD Chief Dan Hughes.
The larger initiative as a whole has really taken off, says Gatto. His mother-in-law is a breast cancer survivor who had early detection, treatment and 100-percent recovery – so he understands the importance of awareness.
“ It’ s really exploded,” he says.“ It’ s a feel-good program that a lot of people have a connection to.”
With half of L. A. County’ s law enforcement community committed to the campaign and more than 65 agencies involved, Miranda hopes the effort can go national.
“ Ideally I’ d love to see this go out like a National Night Out,” he says.“ I think for me personally at the end of the rainbow that would be awesome to see that as a nationwide effort.”
Miranda points to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge as an example where a widespread marketing campaign raised a lot of money that made an impact for a great cause. He hopes the law enforcement community can do the same for breast cancer.
To purchase the patches from other agencies, visit pinkpatchproject. com. Any public safety agency wishing to start a Pink Patch Project locally or wanting to partner with an existing Pink Patch program, can email pinkpatchproject @ gmail. com. ■
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“ Maybe we can have some kind of breakthrough with this initiative as well,” Miranda says.“ Do our part.”
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