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THAT'S TONIGHT ON NEWS 8
OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH... IT'S A
DISEASE SO MANY IN OUR STATE
HAVE HAD TO FACE.
CONNECTICUT HAS THE SECOND
HIGHEST INCIDENT RATE IN THE
UNITED STATES. AND NOW...
NEWS EIGHT'S IS KICKING OFF A
NEW CAMPAIGN TO HELP. NEWS
EIGHT'S ANNIE ROURKE JOINS US
NEWS EIGHT'S IS KICKING OFF A
NOW TO EXPLAIN... I SEE
YOU'RE WEARING PINK ANNIE.I
AM.. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT
MANY OF OUR REPORTERS AND
ANCHORS ARE WEARING PINK
TODAY.. NEWS 8 IS LAUNCHING A
CAMPAIGN CALLED PINK POWER..
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER.
FROM KEITH KOUNTZ ON THE SET..
TO ANNE CRAIG, ALI REED AND
OUR NEWSROOM COORDINATOR JEN
PISCOPO.. EVEN GIL SIMMONS..
SHOWING US SOME FANCY FOOTWORK
WITH, YOU GUESSED IT, PINK
SOCKS.. EVERYONE AT NEWS 8 IS
GETTING BEHIND PINK POWER.
NOT JUST OUR ON-AIR FOLKS..
THESE ARE SOME OF THE FOLKS
WHO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES
HERE.. FROM OUR ENGINEERS..
OUR EDITORS.. EVEN NEWS
MANAGERS IN STUDIO CONTROL..
THERE IS PINK AS FAR AS THE
EYE CAN SEE. SHIRTS.. TIES..
AND YES, SOCKS.. ARGYLE AND
THAT RIBBON.. NEWS 8 REALLY
GOT CREATIVE. IT WASN'T JUST
IN THE NEWSROOM.. OUR SALES
STAFF AND PROMOTIONS GOT IN
THE MOOD.. WE FOUND A PINK
BELT AND MATCHING BLAZER.. AND
PERHAPS BEST OF ALL.. THE
OFFICIAL PINK NEWS 8 HARD HAT.
WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS?
CONNECTICUT IS THE
SECOND-HIGHEST INCIDENCE RATE
OF BREAST CANCER THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.KATE
BAUMANN IS HEADING UP OUR NEW
CAMPAIGN CALLED PINK POWER..
TAKE A STAND IN CONNECTICUT.
WE'VE PARTNERED WITH
CONNECTICUT BREAST HEALTH
INIATIVE.. AND TO KICK IT
OFF.. WE HAD THE EAST ROCK
MONUMENT LIT UP WITH A PINK
SPOTLIGHT. IT'S A YEAR LONG
CAMPAIGN TO HELP RAISE
AWARENESS AND RAISE FUNDS HERE
IN CONNECTICUT.PINK POWER
WON'T END AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.. BECAUSE THIS DISEASE
WON'T EITHER. LOCAL
BUSINESSES ARE NOW GETTING IN
THE SWING OF THINGS.. BLOSSOM
SHOP ON ORANGE HIT THE
STREETS.. OCTOBER IS BREAST
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH SO
WE'RE HANDING THESE OUT.
PASSING OUT PINK
BOUTONNIERES.. A GENTLE
REMINDER.. TO BE AWARE. AND
WE FOUND OUT ON THE STREETS OF
NEW HAVEN.. THAT FOLKS DO NEED
SOME REMINDING. NOT BEFORE I
KNEW THAT IT COULD BE IN MY
FAMILY, IN MY GENES BUT I
DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REALLY
THINK ABOUT IT. IF OUR EFFORTS
TO PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS HERE
AT NEWS 8 AND BATHE OURSELVES
IN PINK TODAY CAN INSPIRE EVEN
ONE PERSON TO GET A CHECK-UP..
MAKE A DONATION.. VOLUNTEER
SOME TIME.. THAT'S PINK
POWER.. AND THAT'S WORTH IT. I
THINK SO, YEAH, SHOULD HAVE,
YOU REMIND ME TO GO. (LAUGHS)
ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO FOR
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.. AND
EVERY DOLLAR WILL STAY IN OUR
STATE. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT
STAY IN OUR STATE. EVERY
DOLLAR WILL EDUCATION.. AND
RESEARCH AND WILL GO FOR ALL
MONEY RAISED
GO. (LAUGHS) YOU REMIND ME TO
YEAH, SHOULD HAVE, I THINK
SO, YEAH, SHOULD HAVE, YOU
REMIND ME TO GO. (LAUGHS)
SO, YEAH, SHOULD HAVE, YOU
ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO FOR
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.. AND
EVERY DOLLAR WILL STAY IN OUR
STATE. BUT WE CAN'T DO IT
ALONE.. IF YOU WANT TO GET
INVOLVED.. YOU CAN GO TO OUR
WEBSITE.. W-T-N-H-DOT-COM.. OR
FACEBOOK, OUR PINK POWER PAGE.