By Claudia Loucks
Correspondent
For the fifth consecutive year, the Geneseo Police Department is supporting Women’s Health Services at Hammond Henry Hospital. The effort began in 2018 when Police Chief Casey Disterhoft heard that other departments in the country were wearing pink patches for breast cancer awareness during the month of October.
That was when a plan was conceived and pink patches were offered for sale the first year; then T-shirts, masks were sold in 2020; and stainless steel tumblers were the items last year. This year brings a newly-designed T-shirt. The 2022 T-shirt was designed by Deputy Police Chief Gene Karzin and features a pink ribbon on the front and the back reveals a blend of the blue line police flag with the familiar pink ribbons of hope that represent breast cancer awareness.
Funds raised over the last five years totaled more than $8,000. The funds are given to the Hammond-Henry Hospital Foundation to be used to benefit the Women’s Health Services in the Imaging Department at the hospital.
Anyone interested in purchasing this year’s T-shirt is asked to visit the Geneseo Police Department, 119 South Oakwood Ave., where shirts, at $20 each, are available in sizes S-3XL.For more information, contact Chief Disterhoft at the Geneseo Police Department, 309-944-5141.
The Geneseo Police Department is offering pink T-shirts to create Breast Cancer Awareness, and is coordinating their efforts with the Hammond-Henry Hospital Foundation to raise funds for Hammond-Henry Hospital’s Women’s Health Services. In the photo are, from left, Geneseo Police Chief Casey Disterhoft, Sergeant Jamison Weisser, Geneseo Police Dept. Jessica Damewood; Police Dept. Administrative Assistant; Garret Griswold, City of Geneseo IT; Darcy Hepner, Hammond-Henry Foundation Manager; Brandon Maeglin, Geneseo City Administrator; and Jessica Anderson, HHH Mammography Technician.
