Photo caption: Staff and management from the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office present check to Cathy Cruz of the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.
During the month of October, Pasco County Tax Collector Mike Fasano’s five offices partnered with the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation to help raise funds and awareness of breast cancer, its symptoms, and treatments. October, which was national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, was the perfect time to feature the sale of the Foundation’s “End Breast Cancer” specialty tag. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Florida (excluding skin cancer). It is estimated that about 12,000 new cases are diagnosed each year.
The five branches of the Pasco County Tax Collectors Office promoted the sale of the “End Breast Cancer” specialty license plates as well as the voluntary check-off donations on automobile registrations. 23 plates were sold in October. Combined with cash donations, a total of $9,018.97 was raised to help “End the Suffering Caused by Breast Cancer.”
For more details regarding charitable promotions or services provided by the Pasco County Tax Collector’s Office, please contact Greg Giordano, Assistant Tax Collector for Communications & Special Projects at 727-847-8179 or visit www.pascotaxes.com. For more information about the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation and how you can support its efforts, please contact Cathy Cruz, Marketing Communications Manager at 305-631-2134 or visit www.Florida-BreastCancer.org.