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In May, local women, with a love of the open road, left Lawton on a week-long motorcycle ride to raise funds for breast cancer patients at the Leah M. Fitch Cancer Center.

In its third year, Breast Ride Ever has been met with great success having significantly exceeded their goal every year. The 1,600 mile ride began in Lawton and visited Harley-Davidson dealerships in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Nearly 550 Lawton, Cache, Elgin and Sterling public school 4th graders had a day at the YMCA full of swimming, basketball, dodge ball, dancing, rock climbing, zumba and no home work as their reward for personally averaging 10,000 steps a day during the CCMH Foundation's Wellness and Lawton's Kids (WALK) Program.

CCMH would like to congratulate Pediatrician Edward Legako, MD for receiving the "Physicians' Campaign for a Healthier Oklahoma Prevention into Practice Award" presented by the Oklahoma State Medical Association for his efforts to improve the health and wellness of our community.

Dr. Legako received this award for several programs he has spearheaded and supported over the years designed to positively impact the health of children and adults in Southwest Oklahoma. For more than 20 years, he has been involved in various programs such as:

CCMH received notification this week from the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College os Surgeons that it has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to CCMH's cancer program as a result of surveys performed during 2011. CCMH is the only cancer program in Southwest Oklahoma to receive this level of achievement.