Noble Sponsors Springfield Falcons’ ‘Pink in the Rink’ Event
WESTFIELD — Noble Hospital is the major sponsor the Springfield Falcons’ “Pink in the Rink” event on Feb. 21 against the Portland Pirates. This annual event helps to raise funds for and awareness of breast cancer.
Falcons players wear special pink jerseys that will be autographed and auctioned off after the event. Visit www.ebay.com/usr/ springfieldfalcons to bid on the pink jerseys after the game. In addition to the hockey game, breast-cancer survivors will be honored, there will be giveaways and raffles, and Noble Hospital will provide an information booth. Members of a support group, the Pink WAY, will also attend.
Noble Hospital’s Center for Comprehensive Breast Health, under the direction of Dr. Steven Schonholz, provides a wide range of options and services in a single location. Pink bracelets will be available for donations at the Noble table; funds raised will go towards Noble’s breast-cancer awareness programs and to help local patients going through treatments.
Area residents can support Noble Hospital by purchasing tickets to the game at give.noblehospital.org/ pinkintherink. For more information, contact the hospital’s Community Development Office at info@noblehealth.org or (413) 568-2811, ext. 5520.
Noble Hospital’s Center for Comprehensive Breast Health encompasses aspects of women’s health from mammograms and bone-density testing to lumpectomies and cancer treatments. The center features a complimentary-medicine therapy room offering massage, Reiki, and other alternative treatments for those going through cancer treatments and recovery.
In a new partnership with the YMCA of Greater Westfield, the center also offers a healthy-living and exercise program. In addition, Noble Hospital has a partnership with Hartford Hospital to treat early breast cancer quickly with a procedure called accelerated partial breast irradiation, which takes a period of five days instead of many weeks.
Money raised at the Falcons fund-raiser may help patients in any of these programs receive the treatment they need but may not be able to afford.