MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: The Philadelphia Fire Department Family Association will donate more than $22,000 to Mercy Cancer Center. The funds represent the proceeds from sales of PFD’s Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts.

WHO: PFD Family Association Executive Director Lisa Hogan

Fire Commissioner Adam K. Thiel

Mercy Health System President and CEO Susan Croushore

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 13 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: Mercy Philadelphia Hospital

Marble Lobby, Old Cedar Avenue Entrance

501 South 54th St., Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Fire Department partnered with the PFD Family Association to sell more than 2,400 Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts during October. The iconic pink shirts featured the PFD logo and the phrase “We Don’t Just Fight Fires, We Fight Cancer Too.” At first only available to PFD members, the shirts became so popular that online sales were opened to the public. The proceeds will benefit Mercy Cancer Center’s breast cancer screening programs, which are available at all three Mercy Health System hospitals.

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