In April of 2005 Mary Jane Roop received some devastating news.  At the age of 43 she had breast cancer.  Following chemotherapy and surgery the Roop family is grateful to be celebrating Mary Jane’s first anniversary of being cancer free.

To celebrate, Jake Roop (16) and his good friend Glenn Munsee have been working all summer on the second Corn Maze for the Cure.   The corn maze has been doubled to six full acres of twists and turns geared toward family fun!  The best part is that 50% of the receipts will be donated to the Hurwitz Breast Cancer Fund.   Breast cancer survivor Patty Hurwitz and her husband Jeff established the fund in 1999.  The fund helps to provide the most advanced technology in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for the Frederick community.

So come on out and help the Roop family of Brookfield Pumpkins celebrate Mary Jane’s second cancer free year anniversary.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Are you aware that:

-          Over 210,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2007.

-          It is estimated that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer at some time in their lifetime.

-          Every three minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer.

-          Breast cancer also occurs in men.

For more information about breast cancer visit:

            www.komen.org

            www.breastcancer.org

            www.cancer.org