SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WI — Bemis Manufacturing Firm, a number one producer of bathroom and bidet seats, teamed up with main advocacy group Combat Colorectal Most cancers (Combat CRC) for March, Colorectal Most cancers Consciousness Month, for the second yr in a row.
The family-owned producer donated 100 bathroom seats which can be displayed on the Nationwide Mall in Washington, DC, as a part of Combat CRC’s Name-on Congress, an occasion the place colon and rectal most cancers survivors, caregivers, and family members from all around the U.S. unite to make their voices heard. As a part of the set up, every seat shows an consciousness reality or statistic concerning the illness, which is the second-most deadly most cancers within the US.
The seats had been surrounded by greater than 27,000 blue flags on the Nationwide Garden, every symbolizing a projected case of colorectal most cancers in somebody underneath age 50 by the yr 2030.
Combat CRC hosted the second set up for colorectal most cancers on the Nationwide Mall to achieve consideration from lawmakers about the truth that colorectal most cancers is projected to be the No. 1 most cancers killer amongst these ages 20-49 by 2030. There may be an urgency to fund extra analysis to uncover groundbreaking remedies to avoid wasting lives.
“We’re honored to help the second iteration of this occasion to deliver consciousness to the combat towards colorectal most cancers,” mentioned T.J. Stiefvater, Vice President of selling for Bemis. “Just about everybody has a relative or buddy who’s been impacted by this illness. We really feel strongly about shining a lightweight on it and serving to elevate consciousness about what could be performed to alleviate the struggling it causes.”
Opposite to what most individuals consider, colorectal most cancers just isn’t an “previous man’s” illness. One in 23 males and 1 in 26 girls shall be identified with this kind of most cancers of their lifetime. In 2023, the American Most cancers Society estimates 153,020 folks shall be identified with colorectal most cancers within the US, and 52,550 folks will die from the illness.
68% of deaths from colorectal most cancers might be prevented with well timed screening. Bemis’s house state of Wisconsin is the thirty ninth deadliest state for colorectal most cancers. On this state alone, 2,650 new circumstances are estimated to happen in 2023, with 880 deaths estimated.
The exhibit was in Washington, DC, from March 12-14. To be taught extra about colorectal most cancers, go to FightCRC.org.