Breast Cancer Walk

The Breast Cancer Walk on October 21, 2007 in Clove Lakes Park was sponsored by Making Strides. It was a noncompetitive walk to help fight breast cancer and provide hope to people facing the disease. These walks take place all over the United States to try and help find a cure and make both women and men aware of breast cancer. I have been to the Breast Cancer Walk many times before and each year is better than the last. It is inspirational to see women, men and children walking for a cause. Survivors, family members of people who hadn’t survived, relatives and friends supported each other. It was surprising to me that so many people suffer with this cancer, some of which I know but didn’t know had the disease. The walk was about three miles but the shortened version was only a half a mile or a mile. Tents were set up, cheerleaders from schools all over the island, and sororities and fraternities came to help raise money for the event. That day over five thousand walkers raised over five hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

A Few Facts:

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts from cells in the breast. The disease occurs mostly in women, but men can get it as well. Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death. Among women breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death. Yearly mammograms for women age forty and older are solutions to detecting breast cancer early, when the disease is more treatable.