{"id":84368,"date":"2014-10-15T09:39:28","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T13:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=84368"},"modified":"2014-10-15T10:05:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T14:05:42","slug":"btvi-holds-pink-wednesday-to-support-cancer-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/10\/btvi-holds-pink-wednesday-to-support-cancer-awareness","title":{"rendered":"BTVI Holds Pink Wednesday To Support Cancer Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84369\" alt=\"bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-01.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-84370\" alt=\"bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-02\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-02.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/>The fight against cancer continues and the staff, faculty and students of The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) joined in with their recent Cancer Awareness Day.<\/p>\n<p>Team BTVI supported \u2018Pink Wednesday,\u2019 a community service event in an effort to bring further awareness to the prevalence of cancer and early detection of the deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by the Student Affairs department, the informative and exciting event was vital, as early detection is known to raise survival rates.\u00a0 Student Affairs Coordinator, Racquel Bethel said it is imperative that young people take cancer awareness seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is vitally important that our young people manage their own health.\u00a0 Some of them feel because they are young, they are invincible, but simple measures such as watching one\u2019s diet and check-ups can aid in making healthy choices,\u201d said Ms. Bethel.<br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-84368 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/10\/btvi-holds-pink-wednesday-to-support-cancer-awareness\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-06'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/10\/btvi-holds-pink-wednesday-to-support-cancer-awareness\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-05'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/10\/btvi-holds-pink-wednesday-to-support-cancer-awareness\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-04'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-04.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-84377\" alt=\"bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/bahamas-technical-vocational-institute-03.jpg\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\" \/>From pink cupcakes and cakes to pink lemonade and pedicures, BTVI\u2019s Pink Wednesday was bigger than last year\u2019s.\u00a0 Helping to create a fun-filled environment was Mr. Brown impersonator and Prime Time Dion from ZNS Radio.\u00a0 Many students, staff and faculty wore pink and visited the information table where campus nurse, Nursing Officer, Voreetis Barr provided information on breast cancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a &#8220;Celebration of Life&#8221; wall was a feature of the day. Names and messages to cancer survivors and the families of those who passed on, were mounted.\u00a0 There was also a poignant moment of silence, followed by the release of pink and white balloons into the air.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Ms. Bethel underscored the importance of getting students to give back to the community.\u00a0 All proceeds from Pink Wednesday will go to the Cancer Society of The Bahamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make our students good citizens.\u00a0 People have cancer and they\u2019re hurting, their families are hurting and we want to support the cause.\u00a0 We want our students to pay it forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fight against cancer continues and the staff, faculty and students of The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) joined in with their recent Cancer Awareness Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":84369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[204,18],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-84368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-lifestyle","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}