Volunteers spent part of Sunday afternoon hanging bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Volunteers spent part of Sunday afternoon hanging hundreds of bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge as part of Bras Across the Kaw.

photo by: John Young

Volunteers spent part of Sunday afternoon hanging hundreds of bras across the east side of the bridge across the Kansas River as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Health Care Access wellness coordinator Haley Harrington, of Lawrence, attaches bras to a rope so they can be hung across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part of Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

photo by: John Young

Brenda Waite, of Lawrence, who is a nurse at Health Care Acess, stretches bras down a rope so they can be hung across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

A volunteer hangs bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

From left, Pearl Halsey, Lincoln City, Ore., Jeri Safarik, and Maddie Wise, both of Lawrence, hang bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Volunteers hung bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Volunteers hang hundreds of bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Volunteers spent part of Sunday afternoon hanging bras across the east side of the Kansas River bridge as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

photo by: John Young

Health Care Access executive director Shelly Wakeman, of Lawrence, attaches bras to the east side of the Kansas River bridge Sunday afternoon as part Bras Across the Kaw. The purpose of the annual event is to draw awareness to breast cancer, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.