Ladies in Blue Earn $8,400 for Breast Cancer Research

Team Ladies in Blue Fighting in Pink participated in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk Sunday. The 5K noncompetitive walk at the new Overpeck Park in Ridgefield Park was to honor breast cancer survivors, educate people about breast cancer prevention and early detection and show that with the American Cancer Society, you get more pink for your green.

Police Officer Heather Castronova of the with the assistance of Old Tappan Police Officer Katie Weaver, the team leaders for Ladies in Blue Fighting in Pink, compiled a team of female officers throughout New Jersey. Not only was the team comprised of all female law enforcement officers, but two are breast cancer survivors.

The team had officers from the following departments:

• Township of Washington PD
• Old Tappan PD
• Bergen County PD
• Paramus PD
• Edgewater PD
• Ridgewood PD
• Parsippany Troy Hills PD
• Rochelle Park PD
• Hillsdale PD
• Bergen County Sherriff Department
• Westwood PD
• Englewood PD
• Woodcliff Lake PD
• Montvale PD
• Ramsey PD
• Rutgers-Newark PD
• Newark PD
• River Vale PD
• Bergenfield PD
• Bergen County Prosecutors Office
• Glen Rock PD
• Leonia PD
• Essex County Sherriff Department
• Hudson County Prosecutors Office
• Cresskill PD

More pink means 2.5 million breast cancer survivors will celebrate another birthday this year. That’s why Ladies in Blue Fighting in Pink has made the commitment to join the American Cancer Society in creating a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. Team Ladies in Blue Fighting in Pink raised $8,400 and donations are still being accepted.

“I am glad my fellow female officers could come together for such a worthy cause and help raise awareness,” Castronova said.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is the largest breast cancer event in New York and New Jersey – raising more “green” for the cause than any other organization in the two states - $18.3 million in 2010.

For more information and to donate to Ladies in Blue Fighting in Pink’s Making Strides team visit the team page.

For more information on American Cancer Society programs or activities, call 800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.

Editor's Note: This information was provided by the Township of Washington Police Department.