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Breastcancer.org, in partnership with the Lankenau Hospital’s Health Education Center, conducted Basic Breast Health Assemblies in seven Philadelphia and Atlanta-area schools, reaching over 3,000 girls ages 8 to 18 and their mothers. Each assembly was preceeded by an online anonymous survey which the girls completed as homework —gathering their questions, concerns, and stories.

During each assembly, Dr. Marisa Weiss and Ms. Isabel Friedman, the doctor-mom and teen-daughter co-author duo of Taking Care of Your “Girls,” talk openly with girls about the physical and emotional issues surrounding breast development—separating myths from facts and detailing everyday steps to improve breast health and reduce breast cancer risk over a lifetime. They are joined by a choir of students, who read the girls’ stories (collected from the surveys).

Photograph by Elias Friedman

A Basic Breast Health Assembly at the Notre Dame Academy
in Villanova, Pennsylvania

With the book Taking Care of Your “Girls” as a teaching tool, Breastcancer.org will be conducting Basic Breast Health Assemblies across the United States and around the world. To inquire about an assembly at your school, contact Anne Altomare: aaltomare@breastcancer.org.

Thank you for your interest in the Basic Breast Health Assemblies, a cornerstone of Breastcancer.org’s Prevention Initiative.