November 19 – Quebec Prostate Cancer Awareness Day
Bowvember 2024
November 19 - Quebec Prostate Cancer Awareness Day
PROCURE also aims to mobilize as many municipalities in Quebec as possible to adopt a similar resolution in their respective cities. Several municipalities have already passed a resolution this fall or supported the campaign by purchasing bow ties.
PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES:
- Amqui
- Audet
- Beaconsfield
- Bécancour
- Bois-des-Filion
- Charlemagne
- Godmanchester
- Laval
- Longueuil
- Lorraine
- Low
- Magog
- McMasterville
- Montréal
- Oka
- Québec
- Rivière-du-Loup
- Rosemère
- Saint-Adrien
- Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
- Saint-Antonin
- Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
- Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
- Saint-Eustache
- Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
- Saint-Jean-Baptiste
- Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel
- Saint-Liboire
- Saint-Lin-Laurentides
- Saint Omer
- Shawinigan
- Sherbrooke
- Sorel-Tracy
- Thetford Mines
- Trois-Rivières
- Val-Racine
- Varennes
Thank you to the participating municipalities for your crucial commitment to the fight against prostate cancer!
Would you like your municipality to join PROCURE’s Bowvember campaign? Ask your neighborhood, borough, or city representatives to support the cause on behalf of all citizens.
Mayors of Quebec, we invite you to play a key role in the fight against prostate cancer by adopting a resolution to designate November 19 as the official Prostate Cancer Awareness Day in your municipality.
This resolution will help encourage prevention and awareness of prostate cancer, which is the most common cancer among men.
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