3rd Annual Real Men Wear Pink of Fauquier Co. Fundraising Record

The third annual Real Men Wear Pink of Fauquier County held during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, raised $28,599 to help fight breast cancer, exceeding the amounts raised for the first two years of the campaign.

Eric Maybach, commissioner of the Revenue for Fauquier County, took first place in the Real Men Wear Pink of Fauquier campaign by raising $5,296. Tied for the number two spot are Carter Nevill, mayor of Warrenton, and Paul Henry of Paul Henry’s Windows, who each raised $3,350. The Pheasant Award goes to Travis Jackson of Appleton Campbell who raised $3,208 and ran the most spirited campaign, wearing pink in amusing ways throughout October.

Real Men Wear Pink (RMWP) is a national program of the American Cancer Society, taking place in communities across the US to help fund cutting-edge breast cancer research, free rides to treatment for cancer patients through Road to Recovery, free lodging at ACS Hope Lodges across the country for patients who need to travel out of town for treatment and a 24/7 cancer hotline with face-to-face video chats with cancer information specialists at 1-800-227-2345.

The American Cancer Society expresses its gratitude and appreciation to all the Real Men of Fauquier County candidates. For a complete list and photos, go to www.realmenwearpinkacs.org or www.facebook.com/RMWPFauquier

“Real Men Wear Pink of Fauquier County did an amazing job of fundraising and raising awareness to fight breast cancer under the challenging circumstances of the pandemic,” says David Strole, II, American Cancer Society community development manager. “COVID-19 has put the American Cancer Society’s mission at risk for the first time in our history. The Society is facing a $200 million shortfall which has reduced our ability to fund cancer research by 50% this year if the current trend continues. Every dollar raised by our Real Men Wear Pink of Fauquier County is more important than ever to help find new cures and save more lives from breast cancer. The American Cancer Society is the largest non-profit funder of cancer research outside the federal government. Therefore, we have extended fundraising for Real Men Wear Pink through December 31. Thank you to the Real Men Wear Pink gentlemen of Fauquier County.”

Men as well as women can get breast cancer. One in eight women and one in 833 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetimes. In the US in 2020, an estimated 279,100 women, including 47,550 in Virginia, will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Approximately 42,690 women will die of breast cancer this year, including 15,220 in Virginia. Approximately 2,620 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the US this year and 520 will die from the disease.