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IT WAS ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC, ENERGETIC, AND ENORMOUS ENTOURAGE THAT JOINED MAYOR RON JENSEN FOR WHAT HAS BECOME AN OCTOBER TRADITION IN GRAND PRAIRIE.
IT'S THE ANNUAL STROLLING WITH THE MAYOR AND PINK OUT A TWO MILE SATURDAY MORNING DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR THAT BEGINS AND ENDS AT GPS FARMER'S MARKET, WHERE ALONG WITH ITS USUAL OUTSTANDING VARIETY OF VENDORS, IS A CITY SPONSORED COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR OFFERING ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO SUPPORT THE MISSION THAT THE MAYOR HAD IN MIND WHEN HE FOUNDED THE EVENT SEVEN YEARS AGO TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER DURING NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATES GETS A T-SHIRT AND IS ENCOURAGED TO WEAR PINK BECAUSE THAT'S THE COLOR THAT IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS A SYMBOL OF SUPPORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST A DISEASE THAT CONTINUES TO AFFECT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
WE'VE ALL BEEN AFFECTED, OF COURSE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GEORGIA CLEMSON IS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR.
MY SISTER WAS A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR UNTIL SHE RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
WE'VE LOST SO MANY BREAST CANCER AND WE WANTED TO GIVE OUR CITIZENS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK IN MEMORY OF THOSE PLUS, THOSE THAT HAVE SURVIVED.
JENSEN IS NOW INVITING EVERYONE TO JOIN HIM FOR HIS NOVEMBER CYCLING WITH THE MAYOR BIKE RIDE AT THE 2025 EDITION OF PRAIRIE LIGHTS AT LYNN CREEK PARK ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH.
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