The fight for breast cancer may not be won quite yet, but Mike Fasano was able to score a small victory thanks to the End Breast Cancer specialty license tag.
Throughout October, 79 specialty tags were sold at Pasco County Tax Collector offices, which sets a new record for the office on the number of specialty plates sold in a promotion, all for the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.
“The staff of our offices worked hard to promote this extremely important specialty plate,” Fasano said, in a release. “The sale of 79 plates will go a long way towards supporting the efforts of the foundation to find better treatment, and hopefully one day, a cure for this disease.”
The foundation works to raise awareness of breast cancer, its symptoms, and treatments. October was national breast cancer awareness month, helping people throughout the country learn more about a disease that is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Florida, excluding skin cancer.
It is estimated that about 12,000 new cases will be diagnosed within the next 12 months.
Historically, sales of this license plate have raised more than $4 million to provide research and education grants throughout the state in an effort to find the most effective ways to detect and treat breast cancer.
Even though the promotion is over, drivers can still trade in their existing license plates for the End Breast Cancer specialty tag when their auto registration comes due. Customers also can purchase the tags for newly registered vehicles.
Proceeds from the tags go directly to the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. For more information on the group, visit FloridaBreastCancer.org.
