FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date:  September 30, 2022                                     

Contact: Christine Duplan, Public Information Officer

(970) 423-8901

Christine.Duplan@summitcountyco.gov

DEPUTIES WEAR PINK PATCHES DURING OCTOBER TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS 

             SUMMIT COUNTY, CO –Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons is committed to supporting our community and bringing awareness to issues that impact our community members. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office will again take part this year in the Pink Patch Project, to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research and treatment.  During the month of October, Summit County Sheriff’s Office Deputies will wear uniforms with pink patches and Sheriff’s Office vehicles will display a pink patch emblem throughout the month. The Pink Patch Project (PPP) is a collaborative effort with hundreds of public safety agencies throughout the nation designed to increase public awareness about breast cancer and to raise funds for the fight against the disease. The Pink Patch Project centers on vibrant pink versions of the agency’s uniform patches. Public safety employees from these agencies will be wearing these bright pink patches on their uniforms in lieu of their regular shoulder patches during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The pink patches are intended to stimulate conversations with the community and to raise public awareness about the importance of early detection and treatment in the fight against breast cancer. Each public safety agency in the PPP program manages their participation locally and independently, in a way that best fits their particular community. 

Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons shared, “Breast cancer has personally affected my own family. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women (besides skin cancer), and the second most common cause of cancer death in women. Therefore, it is so important to raise public awareness about the importance of early detection and treatment in the fight against breast cancer. That is why I am honoring the women in my family and my community by participating in the Pink Patch Project and proudly displaying the pink patch on our uniforms throughout October.”

Summit County Sheriff’s Office pink patches will be available to the public for a suggested donation of $15.00. Donations received for the pink patches will go towards supporting local care and patients’ needs through the Breast Cancer Fund at St. Anthony Summit Medical Center in Frisco, Colorado. Those interested in obtaining a pink patch should either swing by the Sheriff’s Office located at 501 N. Park Avenue in Breckenridge or mail a check or money order made payable to the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, Attention Pink Patch Project at P.O. Box 210, Breckenridge, CO 80424.

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