MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: The Philadelphia Fire Department Family Association will donate more than $16,300 to Mercy Cancer Center. The funds represent the proceeds from sales of PFD’s breast cancer awareness T-shirts.

WHO: Fire Commissioner Adam K. Thiel

Mercy Fitzgerald / Mercy Philadelphia Hospitals President Susan Cusack

PFD Family Association Executive Director Lisa Hogan

WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Mercy Philadelphia Hospital

Marble Lobby, Old Cedar Avenue Entrance

501 South 54th St., Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Fire Department partnered with the PFD Family Association to sell more than 1,750 T-shirts for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October). The gray-and-pink shirts featured the PFD logo and the phrase “We Don’t Just Fight Fires, We Fight Cancer Too.” Limited quantities are still available.

The proceeds, totaling more than $16,300, will help Mercy hospitals to provide breast cancer screenings to those in need. Overall, PFD breast cancer T-shirt sales have raised more than $38,000 for Mercy in the past two years.