Petey's raising awareness for prostate cancer: November 2019

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Supporters for Prostate Cancer Awareness 2014-- 2018

Since 2014 there have been over 331 supporters for Prostate Cancer Awareness. If I listed all the names there would be over 500. I want to say Thank you all for your support! As well as Thank you for the opportunity to share my story at City Council meetings throughout the year with your presentation of the Proclamations and Resolutions. And to the Mayors and Council members who have shared you story with us and the residents in attendance of the Council meetings. I know it is hard to share this with others but you also give residents hope of survival with this horrible disease called prostate cancer. In doing this we have reached more men and their families about the need to get checked. After the presentation there have been men come to me as say Thank you for sharing. I let them know we are all family now!

This year I had more County Commissioners support Prostate Cancer Awareness month. There are 88 Counties in Ohio and 26 of them joined in the fight to raise awareness. Sadly two if the 88 declined to support my mission. The reason was that I do not live in that County. But is what others sometime do not understand is that there are men living in that County and are not ready to speak up yet. For those who have not been impacted by prostate issues or cancer yet. This horrible disease takes way so much from the men. Some feel like it robs them of their manhood. Sadly some men can not handle the changes that takes place in their lives now and will ended their marriages, relationships and some have ended their lives. This breaks my heart so much as the wife/caregiver of a Survivor knowing that men feel this way. When I meet a man feeling this way I let them know that they are important to me and I need them to help join our team and share their story.

Next year I hope to have all of Ohio's support with raising awareness for Prostate Cancer. Again I will be starting in January with the text for Proclamations and Resolutions. I know that September is Prostate Cancer Awareness month but for my family every month and everyday is Prostate Cancer Awareness.

I live in Ohio and that has been my main focus, but as you can see there are a few other states listed. My husband is from New York. The connections to Columbus, Indiana and Columbus, Georgia. My Dad is from Columbus, Indiana and three of our sons were born in Columbus, Georgia. Our oldest son and I are from Columbus, Ohio. The other states just by me asking for their support. Truly a blessing for the support!

**** Kasich & Lt. Governor Mary Taylor

***Congressman Steve Stivers

***Franklin County Sheriff

***Speaker of the House Ryan Smith

**Department of Veterans Affairs

**Former Representative Heather Bishoff HD 20

**President of the Senate Larry Obhoff

**Representative David Greenspan HD 16

**Representative Joyce Beatty HD 3

**Representative Richard Brown HD 20

**Representative Scott Lipps HD 62

**Representative Tim Schaffer HD 77

**Senator Troy Balderson SC 20

**State Senator Hoaland SD 30

**State Senator Jay Hottinger SD 31

**State Senator John Ekland

**State Senator Kevin Bacon SD 3

**State Senator Peggy Lehner

**State Senator Steve Schiavoni

**State Senator Tim Schaffer

*Adams County Commissioners

*Athens County Commissioners

*Auglaize County Commissioners

*Belmont County Commissioners

*Carroll County Commissioners

*Clark County Commissioners

*Clinton County Commissioners

*Cuyahoga County Commissioners

*Darke County Commissioners

*Defiance County Commissioners

*Fairfield County Commissioners

*Franklin County Commissioners

*Greene County Commissioners

*Hamilton County Commissioners

*Harrison County Commissioners

*Jackson County Commissioners

*Lake County Commissioners

*Mahoning County Commissioners

*Medina County Commissioners

*Meigs County Commissioners

*Morrow County Commissioners

*Muskingham County Commisssioners

*Perry County Commissioners

*Portage County Commissioners

*Richland County Commissioners

*Ross County Commissioners

*Sandusky County Commissioners

*Seneca County Commissioners

*Shelby County Commissioners

*Tuscarawas County Commissioners

*Warren County Commissioners

*Williams County Commissioners

Thursday, November 14, 2019

City of Findlay Ohio Newsroom

November 14, 2015

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License plate HB 262

Senator Rob McColley
Senator Terry Johnson
Senator Nickie Antonio
Senator Frank Hoagland
Senator Jay Hottinger
Senator Stephanie Kunze
Senator Tina Maharath
Senator Nathan Manning
Senator Kristina Daley Roegner
Senator Michael Rulli
Senator Vernon Sykes

Prostate cancer is the number one cancer diagnosed among our nation's heroes. June 19, 2009 my life forever changed as a wife. I added a new role to my title. Caregiver! My husband was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that day. It felt like I hit a brick wall. Did I know what prostate cancer was? No, not a clue! Sadly I know now what it is!

I am one of the lucky wife’s who’s husband is still alive from PSA screenings, and the PSA test every three months. Without this I may have joined the widows club of prostate cancer! Please feel free to contact me and I will be more than happy to share my personal story with you! Can we get this passed this GA?

I am determined to get The ZERO The End Of Prostate Cancer license plates passed and on cars soon! Our bill is in with an Omnibus Bill.

House Bill 262
House passed 97 - 0 !!!!💙💙💙💙

Introduced in the Senate June 20, 2019
***It was referred to Committee on September 11, 2019***
Awaiting the Senate to pass

Funds from the ZERO The End Of Prostate Cancer license plates would stay in Ohio to provide free patient navigation services to reduce financial toxicity among prostate cancer and free transportation for prostate cancer patients to doctor appointments.