The Jersey City Desk reminds you to 'think pink'

If you've been down by the river the last couple nights and looked north you may have seen the George Washington Bridge sporting a new color -- pink! In honor and support of breast cancer awareness month the Port Authority have lit the GW Bridge pink to remind people of the cause.

More from the Jersey Journal: 
Those “necklace” lights on the bridge between Fort Lee and Upper Manhattan really are pink, to mark October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials say the lights 156 in all will remain pink for the entire month.

So find your cause or your charity and make sure to make a difference this October. Think Pink!

A fashion show that actually matters

Let's face it, fashion is normally laughed at by regular folks. We see the runway shows in Milan or New York and snicker at the 'latest fashions'. The Newport Mall in Jersey City will be hosting a fashion show that everyone who can go to, should go to. On October 10th, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Newport Mall will hold a fashion show with fashions modeled by breast cancer survivors.

Women will be able to get free mammograms between the hours of 9 am to 4 pm, there will also be free blood pressure screening stations.

With all that seemingly divides us anymore, as politically the fabric of the nation tears further let's remember this, breast cancer doesn't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat. It doesn't care if you're rich or poor, black or white or orange. These are the kinds of events that should bring us together until we make enough progress until nobody's mother or sister or wife or daughter ever has to suffer from it again.

For more information, call the mall Shopping Line at (201) 626-2025.