Readers will notice a change in the next few weeks’ Sunday Dispatch — the A and B sections will be printed on pink paper during the month of October in recognition and support for National Breast Cancer Awareness month.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women other than skin cancer, claiming 39,520 lives each year. A woman stands a one in eight chance of being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in her lifetime. Currently, 2.5 million women in the U.S. are breast cancer survivors.
“Most of the paper we use is produced in Grenada, Miss.,” Dispatch Operations Manager Peter Imes said Friday. “When our provider offered us pink newsprint, we felt it was a great way to bring attention to National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Readers will certainly notice the pink color, but it shouldn’t affect their ability to read the paper.”
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