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CIVISTA SPONSORS PAINT THE PARK PINK

Civista Health was the proud sponsor of Paint the Park Pink at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf on September 12th.  Southern Maryland Blue Crabs fans expressed their passion for their favorite player and raised $6,400 to help fight breast cancer.

Blue Crabs players wore pink jersey tops and used pink bats which were auctioned off at the game.  Dozens of fans bid on these one-of-a-kind items through the end of the fifth inning of Saturday’s second game of a double-header.  Hospital officials will earmark half of the auctions’ proceeds to local breast cancer survivor groups.  The dollars will be used for grassroots activities to further spread the word about the dangers of the disease.

Members of the Pink Ladies and Sisters at Heart breast cancer support groups took part in the pre-game ceremonies.  On cue the women released several dozen pink helium filled balloons into the night sky honoring those who lost their battle to breast cancer.  According to figures from the American Cancer Society over 40,000 American women die each year from the disease, making it the second deadliest form of the disease in women, surpassed only by lung cancer.