No Tricks: St. Joseph's/Candler treats women to screenings on Mammography Day

Amy Paige Condon, Savannah Morning News
Mammography Tech Aly Nevil gives Antoinette White a gift bag and succulent as a thank you for getting her screening on Mammography Day.
Mammography Tech Aly Nevil gives Antoinette White a gift bag and succulent as a thank you for getting her screening on Mammography Day.

Instead of orange and black, Halloween 2022 was awash in pink at St. Joseph's/Candler completed 298 mammograms Monday across its regional health system.

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Patients were given treats in the way of gift bags and either succulent plants for their home or cookies for their tummies to thank them for getting their annual life-saving breast cancer screenings.

Melissa Ray gets her cookie and gift bag from Malissa Kennedy, Ambulatory Services Manager Telfair Pavilion and Mobile Mammography, after getting her mammogram at the Telfair Pavilion.
Melissa Ray gets her cookie and gift bag from Malissa Kennedy, Ambulatory Services Manager Telfair Pavilion and Mobile Mammography, after getting her mammogram at the Telfair Pavilion.

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System hosts Mammography Day