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Lavar Jacobs opened The Kim Jacobs Breast Cancer Center, in honor of his 49-year-old mother who tragically passed away from breast cancer in 2009.
By Andrea Blackstone Black Enterprise WKYC reported that Ohio’s first Black-owned breast cancer center recently opened in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood. Lavar Jacobs wanted to start The Kim Jacobs Breast Cancer Center, in honor of his 49-year-old mother and best friend who tragically passed away from breast cancer in 2009, so he took proactive measures to make his dream a reality. According to WKYC, Jacob said that wearing pink in the month of October is a nice way to bring awareness to breast cancer, however, for folks who are affected by the disease, it’s a year-round battle. Jacob...