To bring awareness of October’s correlation with Domestic Violence and Breast Cancer, CalWORKs showed support and held a duo-informational fair on Oct. 15 at the middle quad.

With intention to influence students from lawyers for DWI and bring attention to these issues within our society, CalWORKs and other members that helped host the fair were supporting the awareness by wearing the colors purple and pink.

Purple represents domestic violence, while pink represents breast cancer. They also distributed pink and purple ribbons for those who would support them throughout the month of October.

Every station had information that guests could collect and read to learn more about domestic violence and breast cancer as well as to pass along information to someone that they know to be more informed.

At another station, a small, charitable donation provided students and faculty with the opportunity to get their faces painted with the colors pink and purple.

Half of the donations received were collected to donate to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, founded by Nancy G. Brinker. This organization was created after Brinker promised her ill sister Komen that she would do everything in her power to bring an end to the diagnosis of breast cancer.

The second half of the donations will go to a local domestic violence shelter to help make a difference in the lives of domestic violence survivors and their children.

CalWORKs also had a 50/50 raffle in which gave the opportunity for an individual to win 50% of he prize while the other 50% of it would be going for a CalWORKs scholarship.

This event was well organized by Marta Munoz, the Student Services Assistant in the CalWORKs program. Others involved with the CalWORKs program gave a hand and helped create an opportunistic, knowledgeable and charitable atmosphere for the RHC community.