Pints for Prostates: Blue Tractor BBQ & Brewery 2/18

There are many ways to raise cancer awareness—some walk, others wear ribbons, and a few drink beer.  You heard me right, drinking for cancer awareness.  Pints for Prostates is a national campaign that raises awareness for prostate cancer through the universal language of beer.  Over 200,000 men in the US are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year.  In most cases it is a slow growing cancer, often with few noticeable symptoms, which makes annual screening imperative to detecting prostate cancer. 

Rick Lyke, a prostate cancer survivor, founded Pints for Prostate in 2008 because he wanted to share his message with other men.  The goal of the campaign is to educate men about prostate cancer, and the importance of early detection through prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing.  Pints for Prostates recommends that men over 40 have an annual PSA test—a blood test that can detect early stages of prostate cancer, when treatment is most successful.

If you enjoy beer, and want to help raise awareness for prostate cancer, then head on over to Blue Tractor BBQ & Brewery this Friday from 3-8pm.  Pints of beer will be $1 for anyone brave enough to sit in the outdoor patio (sidewalk), with 1/2 of sales going to prostate cancer research.  There will also be discounted bowls of chili and 1/2 off mug club memberships for those sitting outdoors.

For more information call Blue Tractor at (734) 222-4095, visit the U of M comprehensive cancer center website, or go to www.pintsforprostates.org.