By Amy Robinson
Butterflies and baseball will highlight a celebration this week in Midland.
Cancer survivors and their families will be honored during a special Cancer Survivors' Day at Dow Diamond. The celebration will feature pre-game activities which will include a moment of silence for those who have lost the battle with cancer, and the release of hundreds of butterflies to celebrate cancer survivorship.
The day is sponsored by Mid Michigan Medical Center. Joan Herbert is the Oncology Services Director for the center.
She said in terms of cancer survivorship, these days there's a lot to celebrate.
"The five year survival rate for all cancers diagnosed now is up to 67%, up from just ten-years ago of 50%. So we're really making strides and there are a lot more survivors out there now than there ever used to be."
Herbert said the Cancer survivor event is open to the public, and she encourages anyone who's been touched by cancer to attend, and to wear purple which is the color of survivorship.
Game time is 7:05 Wednesday evening.
Butterflies and baseball will highlight a celebration this week in Midland.
Cancer survivors and their families will be honored during a special Cancer Survivors' Day at Dow Diamond. The celebration will feature pre-game activities which will include a moment of silence for those who have lost the battle with cancer, and the release of hundreds of butterflies to celebrate cancer survivorship.
The day is sponsored by Mid Michigan Medical Center. Joan Herbert is the Oncology Services Director for the center.
She said in terms of cancer survivorship, these days there's a lot to celebrate.
"The five year survival rate for all cancers diagnosed now is up to 67%, up from just ten-years ago of 50%. So we're really making strides and there are a lot more survivors out there now than there ever used to be."
Herbert said the Cancer survivor event is open to the public, and she encourages anyone who's been touched by cancer to attend, and to wear purple which is the color of survivorship.
Game time is 7:05 Wednesday evening.