Today, the American Cancer Society announced that more than $60,000 was raised at its inaugural Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Over 550 dedicated community members participated in this inspirational five-mile walk to honor and celebrate breast cancer survivors, educate people about this disease and raise funds and awareness to create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays.
The money raised through Making Strides helps the American Cancer Society to save lives by helping people stay well by taking steps to prevent cancer or find it early; helping people get well by being there for them during and after a cancer diagnosis; by finding cures through investment in groundbreaking research; and by fighting back by encouraging lawmakers to pass laws to defeat cancer and by rallying communities worldwide to join the fight.
This year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer flagship sponsor was Kroger and media sponsors were 96.9 KISS FM and ABC 36.
It is not too late to make a donation to Lexington’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. For more information, contact Elizabeth Kelly at 859-260-8287 or email Elizabeth.Kelly@cancer.org. You can also visit http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/lexington.
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.
