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Breast cancer awareness month
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues, Dept. of Health shines a light on the amazing teams that came together to make the “Wellness Rocks” Mini-Health Fair a reality! Thank you for all the hard work and dedication you put in to serve our community. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government is closing out Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October with a two-day event, starting tomorrow, Friday, and spearheaded by the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) in partnership with the Health Department, which is also calling...
Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale (left) and his wife, Marion, were among the participants at last Friday’s Breast Cancer Awareness campaign kick off wave. The past year has posed a challenge to just about everything, and breast cancer prevention is no exception. This year's campaign is themed...
In honor of Pinktober, which brings awareness to Breast Cancer, StarKist Samoa employees wear pink every Friday for the month of October. This group of StarKist workers posed for a photo on Friday, Oct. 23rd. [courtesy photo]
The women of ASTCA’s Finance Division, wearing pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Pinktober), while closing off their Customer Service Week. [photo: courtesy]
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month under the theme: “Begins With Me.” Pictured are the lovely ladies of the LBJTMC Family Planning and OBGYN Clinic. Local women are reminded — and urged — to stop by the LBJ Family Planning Clinic for a free breast exam screening. [photo: courtesy]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa management including Taotasi Archie Soliai (far right back row) and some of the cannery’s employees, wearing pink last Friday, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month of October.
Responding to Samoa News inquiries Taotasi explained over the weekend that StarKist...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. And a local non-profit organization called, “30-30 Strong American Samoa” is conducting a supplemental program, not only to help encourage people to live a healthy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faga’itua Vikings Head Coach/Principal coaching up his offense during the first half of their rival game against the Warriors last Saturday.
Both the Vikings coaching staff and the Warriors coaching staff were sporting pink on the sidelines in honor of Breast Cancer...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Breast cancer awareness month is about more than wearing pink, fun runs and proclamations. These are great, and important – they do get people’s attention, hence the ‘raising awareness’ part. But the purpose of raising all this awareness is to inspire ACTION! To...


![Some of the Health Department’s personnel who participated during the “wave” in Tafuna earlier this month when it kicked off the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is designated the month of October. [photo: S. Crichton] Health Department personnel](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_personnel_.jpg?itok=790SJ4vS)




![[photo: Leua Aiono Frost] StarKist Samoa management including Taotasi Archie Soliai (far right back row) and some of the cannery’s employees, wearing pink last Friday, for Breast Cancer Awareness Month of October](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/starkist_pink_336.jpg?itok=Vq-3A3Cc)
![People joining 30-30 Strong American Samoa, a local non-profit organization conducting programs that promote health and fitness around the island. Over 90 members have joined the organization and the door is open to anyone who wants to take on the challenge. [photo: AF] People joining 30-30 Strong American Samoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fitness_awareness_0337.jpg?itok=m9YKUbym)
![[photo: TG] Vikings coaching staff and the Warriors coaching staff in pink](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/players_n_officials_in_pink.jpg?itok=6MKiBFij)
![Sisi Spitzenberg receiving a stipend for her dad. Don’t forget this year’s annual golf tourney fundraiser for the cancer coalition coming up on Oct. 27th. Support them through sponsorships of holes, prizes, teams, etc. — or just register as an individual player. [courtesy photo] Sisi Spitzenberg receiving a stipend for her dad](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/loi-on.jpg?itok=WUDAIhYo)