Montgomery Community Media

Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley high school volleyball teams may have spiked, killed and set against one another Wednesday night, but they worked together throughout the night to raise more than $2,000 for the battle against breast cancer. It’s called Dig Pink! and it’s a fundraising event for breast cancer through the Side-Out Foundation. The term […]

It’s all set. Volleyball players across Montgomery County are serving up  events for Breast Cancer Awareness Month that you are sure to dig! It’s called Dig Pink! and its a fundraising event for breast cancer through the Side-Out Foundation. The term side-out refers to a situation in volleyball when one team wins a point while its […]

UPDATED Germantown resident Susan Burkinshaw is spending most of her free time these days walking and it is all for a good cause. Burkinshaw is the captain of “Striders 4 Steph,” an 18-member team training for the Avon two-day walk for breast cancer set for May 3 – 4 in Washington, D.C. “I’ve been doing […]

Kathy Onwu was crowned Miss Africa USA at the Fillmore Silver Spring on June 29 before a lively crowd of over 1,200. The competition included 21 constestants from 21 African countries. The Miss Africa USA Pageant began in 2005 as a small state event in Atlanta, Ga. and has blossomed into a phenomenon with hundreds […]

Dr. Rachel Brem, Director of the Breast Imaging and Interventional Center at George Washington University Medical Center and Vice Chair of the Department of Radiology will speak in Rockville on April 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Norbeck County Club. The event, Lunch & Brem is open to the public with advance registration […]

It’s been one year since Montgomery County Council member Nancy Floreen learned during a routine mammogram that she had stage one breast cancer. Today, Floreen is cancer free and counts herself fortunate. Here’s her story.