WHEREAS, Kicks for a Cure is celebrating its fifth year raising money for breast cancer screenings through MultiCare Covington's "Women Get It" program; and
     WHEREAS, Tara Radford started the program in response to her family's personal battles with the disease; and
     WHEREAS, About one in every eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer in the course of her lifetime; and
     WHEREAS, About 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women; and
     WHEREAS, The Kentwood girls soccer team has played the Kicks for a Cure game every year for the past five years; and
     WHEREAS, These games have raised nearly $21,000 for breast cancer screenings for low-income women; and
     WHEREAS, This year Kentwood played Kentridge, and the teams raised $3,600; and
     WHEREAS, The Kentwood team has also sold t-shirts, organized carwashes, and sold raffle tickets leading up to these games; and
     WHEREAS, Kicks for a Cure is now sponsored with MultiCare, which will provide additional fund-raising assistance for years to come;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate recognize and support the efforts of Kicks for a Cure for their work supporting women's health in South King County; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to Tara and Aaron Radford, the Kentwood girls soccer team, and Kent School District Superintendent, Dr. Edward Lee Vargas.