The San Diego Union-Tribune published a feature story on the Valenta Family and the Andy Valenta Melanoma Foundation.
Valenta said her husband’s oncologists determined that his cancer was “presumptive,” meaning it was attributed to his occupation. According to statistics from the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, firefighters have a 9 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer and a 14 percent higher risk of dying from cancer than the general population.
It was a beautiful weekend doing what we love… Helping to protect our firefighters! Particularly the ones heavily affected by the Eaton Fire. A small way we can give back. We provided free skin cancer screenings to 135 firefighters and referred 21 for biopsy. Cancer is the leading cause of
The California Fire Foundation published a full-page story on the Andy Valenta Melanoma Foundation and presented Caylie with a donation to assist in raising awareness of risk of melanoma for firefighters and providing annual skin checks to as many fire departments as possible.
Caylie Valenta proudly accepted an American Flag on behalf of The Andy Valenta Melanoma Foundation. “To see his name permanently engraved in the Capital of California is incredible, something that our girls can always come back to and see their daddy’s name is in the Capital forever.”
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