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The Positive Foundation, inaugurated in 1998, organizes a month long, annual breast cancer awareness campaign. Each year, in October, our activities include public service announcements via radio & TV called “Women and Breast Health”, a breast cancer awareness run/walk challenge, free clinical breast examinations screens offered by our resident health care providers, public and private group information demonstration sessions on self-breast examination & the distribution of educational literature like” Breast Self Examination Shower Guides” and “Women and Breast Health Handbook”. The grand finale, a gala movie night for women only, officially closes out the month.
Stimulate, educate and activate the consciousness of our community on aspects of self-responsibility towards health improvement.
We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security.
We believe in urgent action, innovation, and the necessity of transformation with in the world and our own organization.
Launched free screenings – clinical breast examinations during the month of October. This is now an annual initiative supported by general practitioners on St. Maarten.
1999Launched our annual “Dress in Pink Day” where the entire community was asked to wear PINK for one Friday in October
2009“Dress in Pink Day” culminated with launch of our annual grand pink parade through our capital, Philipsburg
2010the Positive Foundation, made available 100 FREE mammograms to individuals who needed a mammogram but did not have to means to pay for one. This is now an annual initiative in partnership with St. Maarten Medical Center
2011Introduced the “Daisy Wheel” breast cancer awareness tool to Primary Schools (5th and 6th graders)
2012Commissioned and published a hand book entitled “Your Guide to overcoming the side effects for Radiation and Chemotherapy with the support of Samenwerkende Fondsen and Care for You NV
2015Partnered with Aqua mania Adventures for The Pink Sunset Sail – an annual fundraiserand drop editor
2016Launched the Pink Faces Project in collaboration with Elektralytes Foundation: - 4 beautiful breast cancer survivors were portrayed on banners displayed on the front of the SXM Princess Julianna International Airport.
2016Partnered with Winair – planes sported a pink ribbon on their fuselage and pilot wore a pink ribbon epaulette
2016Partnered with the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine and the Collective Preventive Services for a breast abnormalities research project.
2017Launched a joint prostate and breast cancer awareness poster campaign featuring warriors, survivors, people who have bravely gotten tested and one person who lost the fight
2020
The goal of our project is to ensure that men and women in our community are aware that early detection of breast and prostate cancer through regular breast self examinations, scheduled mammogram and clinical breast examination and annual Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) testing could greatly reduce the seriousness of breast and prostate cancer in our population, if they are practiced more widely.
Material is aimed at giving men and women the facts they need to stay healthy and remind them that The Best Protection is Early Detection in the fight against breast and prostate cancer.
We know that there is no sure way to prevent breast and prostate cancer, but it is our hope that through education, men and women can take measures to catch it early, when it’s easiest to treat.
The educational products include:
P.0 Box 929, Phillipsburg,
St.Maarten, Dutch Caribbean
Tel: +1-721-580-9658
Email: shelly.alphonso@outlook.com
with the support of Samenwerkende Fondsen and Care for You NV”