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Saturday, October 10, 2009

Fountains Turn PINK In Pittsburgh

All the fountains in Pittsburgh are PINK in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This has been going on four years but I never knew about it!

The Pennsylvania Commission for Women turned the fountain at Point State Park pink to raise awareness about the incidence of Breast Cancer and the benefits of an early diagnosis.They hope the fountain will serve as a reminder for women to do monthly breast self-exams and schedule yearly mammograms. One out of every 7 women in Pennsylvania will be diagnosed with breast cancer.



This is the fountain at the court house.

Thanks Bev for hosting "PINK Saturday". Don't forget to visit How Sweet the Sound to find other PINK participants.

Have a wonderful weekend,

21 comments:

  1. Gorgeous fountains. Great captures!

    Happy Pink Saturday and nice weekend.

    Regina

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  2. That is amazing. Beautiful fountains and a great reminder. Happy PS

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  3. The pink fountains are wonderful, thank you for sharing those lovely pictures and for the focus on a very important topic ... I had a little reminder in my Pink Saturday post too ;)
    ~*Happy Pink Saturday*~

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  4. What a neat idea, Esther! Gorgeous photos of the pink fountains. Happy Pink Saturday!

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  5. Thank you for the lovely photos to serve as a reminder of breast cancer awareness month. I think coloring the fountains pink is a wonderful idea. Have a great day.

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  6. Wonderful fountains. I must think of putting one in my garden and of course it should be pink! Happy Pink Saturday!

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  7. oh wow...that is wonderful! Happy Pink Saturday!

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  8. I think that is a wonderful way to commemorate breast cancer awareness! Thanks for sharing and happy pink Saturday!

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  9. That is so neat! Never seen a pink fountain before... A great idea! Thanks for sharing!
    Happy Pink Saturday

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  10. Thank you for lovely comments on my blog.Happy Pink Saturday!

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  11. Hello, Esther, you are the blog I'm visiting that I've never been to before as Bev suggested for Pink Saturday. Nice to meet you, chickee. I would have guessed you lived in Alabama from the music on th' blog, but you say Pennsylvania so I trust you know where you live, sugar. My hubs is from PA also but we're in Idaho now after living in Calif for many years. You have a darling blog, sweetpea! Drop by when you have a spare moment......
    xoxo,
    Connie

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  12. Hi Esther, thank you for visiting my blog and commenting! I hope you'll return, too! As for teaching you how to do a blog button -- you look like you're way ahead of me! But if you do need help, here's at tutorial I used: http://www.ehow.com/how_4891649_button-text-box-underneath-code.html
    Have a great weekend!

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  13. What a brilliant idea! Love the pink water. Happy Pink Saturday and have a great Sunday!

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  14. Oh Esther, that is so beautiful and what a great idea. I wish all the cities would do that. Happy Pink Saturday, Char

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  15. hope you had a wonderful pink saturday!!

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  16. Lovely Pink Saturday post and sweet blog, too. Woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground so even thought this isn't Saturday I really needed a boost! Today you made me smile...those fountains are remarkable!

    Sorry, I didn't get to see everyone yesterday. I had important business. My 11 year-old grandson was playing football and he wanted Mimi to go to the out-of-town-last-of-the-season-game. THEY WON AGAINST AN UNDEFEATED TEAM! WOO-HOO! 35 - 17☺

    Hope the coming week blesses you with sunshine, happiness and good friends.

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  17. Oh my goodness! How fabulous! I bet they look even prettier in person!

    Thanks for sharing and Happy Pink Saturday!

    Blessings,
    Teresa

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  18. Pinks are flowing everywhere this month. Lovely fountain shots.
    Thanks for stopping by yesterday with BD wishes. Hope you can pop back over to see your my crafty day produced.
    Happy Monday Blessings ;-)

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  19. Lovely fountains, good that they used them to raise awareness too.

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