Courage Award Named for WUSA 9 Anchor Andrea Roane

On April 15, the National Breast Cancer Foundation handed out its first-ever Andrea Roane Courage Award in honor of WUSA 9 anchor Andrea Roane. The award recognizes more than 20 years of Buddy Check 9 — a WUSA 9 initiative created by Roane that asks women to do a breast self-exam on the ninth of every month, then call their “buddy” to remind her to do the same.

Roane is best known to viewers for her passionate reporting on breast health issues and promoting the importance of early detection in the fight against breast cancer. She has served as a member of the Capital Breast Care Center Community Advisory Council, a sustaining director of the Prevent Cancer Foundation, and on the Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center Health Disparities Initiative Community Advisory Board. Roane is an advocate for breast cancer research and a broadcast trailblazer who proudly wears many hats and sits on numerous boards, advisory councils and organizations.

This item was originally featured in the July 2014 local newsletter.