By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
For the seventh consecutive year, the Geneseo Police Department is supporting the Women’s Health Services at Hammond-Henry Hospital, but this year their outreach is slightly different.
Pink patches were sold in the first year, T-shirts, masks and stainless-steel tumblers are a few of the items sold in previous years. This year, thanks to an anonymous donor, a half cow, including processing costs, (valued at approximately $2,500) will be awarded in a raffle drawing with the goal of raising funds and awareness of women’s health services. The second place prize is a Geneseo Gift Basket, and the drawing for both prizes will be held Friday, Nov. 8.
Raffle tickets, at $10 each, will be available to purchase Saturday at State Street Market festivities in downtown Geneseo, and tickets also may be purchased at the Geneseo Police Department, at 119 South Oakwood Ave.
The outreach of the Police Department supporting Women’s Health Services at the hospital began in 2018 when Police Chief Casey Disterhoft learned that other departments in the country were wearing pink patches to promote breast cancer awareness during the month of October.
Funds raised in past years totaled more than $11,600. The funds are donated to the Hammond-Henry Hospital Foundation to be used to benefit the Women’s Health Services in the Imaging Department.
Some of the items purchased with funds from previous Police Department fundraisers include a stretcher used in ultrasound for obstetrics and gynecology exams, mammography capes, and a radiology positioning device.