Breast Cancer Education & Awareness Program & Community Health Fair 

On Friday, August 8, 2025, the Mammography in Motion Mobile Unit and a Community Health and Wellness Fair will be held at the Girl Scouts Heart of NJ Jersey Leadership Center located at 375 McCarter Highway, Newark from 9AM-3PM. The program launched in Kearny for the first time in December 2024 through the work of Ava De Castro Lawdanski, Senior Girl Scout Ambassador in partnership with the Town of Kearny, University Hospital, Rutgers Cancer Center of New Jersey and the Minette’s Angels Foundation. As of July 24, 2025, the program has provided 125 mammograms. Donations received for the program have benefited uninsured registrants. The program has expanded throughout several communities and will be the first of its kind to be held at the Girl Scouts Leadership Center in Newark in partnership with the Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey, health care providers, and community leaders including Newark officials and East Ward’s Councilman Michael Silva. The program will include a presentation and education sessions on Breast Cancer Awareness highlighting the importance of saving lives through prevention, early detection, self-exams, and mammogram screenings. The Mammography in Motion van is a 40-foot vehicle equipped and staffed to offer breast cancer screening services to women aged 40 and above who haven’t undergone a mammogram in the past year. The Mammogram Mobile Unit is equipped with cutting-edge, high-quality digital 3D mammography technology known as digital breast tomosynthesis. Mammography in Motion accepts insurances, Medicare and Medicaid and has community partnerships to cover uninsured or underinsured persons (must meet eligibility requirement). Ava noted, “research shows that early detection saves lives and that is something the Mammography in Motion program emphasizes to the community and residents are encouraged to schedule a mammogram appointment and attend the Community Health and Wellness Fair to learn about early detection and receive health and wellness resources.” The health fair will include blood pressure and glucose screenings, meditation resources and more. Girl Scouts will earn a Breast Cancer Awareness Patch. To schedule a mammogram appointment, scan the QR Code on the flyer.  For a schedule of additional screening dates visit www.kearnynj.org or contact Ava at (201) 889-3118.