Thousands of local breast cancer survivors, volunteers, businesses and community members will unite to fight breast cancer and save lives at the 3rd Annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® 5-mile walk. This noncompetitive, inspirational event raises awareness and dollars to make strides to end breast cancer by finding cures and supporting programs and services for all people facing the disease. Honolulu's Making Strides walk is one of more than 250 events being held across the country this year.
More than 1,000 women in Hawai‘i will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer this year, and about 140 will die from the disease. Funds raised through Making Strides will help the American Cancer Society save lives and create more birthdays by helping people stay well by taking steps to reduce breast cancer risk or find it early; helping people get well by providing information
and support during and after a breast cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking breast cancer research; and by fighting back by encouraging lawmakers to pass laws to defeat breast cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Richardson Field (across from Aloha Stadium) to Ford Island and back.
Register online at www.MakingStridesHonolulu.org or call 432-9133, or
call anytime day or night 800-227-2345.
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end suffering from cancer. As a global grassroots force of more than three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. We save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early; helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back by rallying lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight. As the nation's largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.4 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, more than 11 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year. To learn more about us or to get help, call us any time, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.
