Breast Cancer Walk: Raising Funds for and Awareness of Breast Cancer

 

Avon and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure are the two major pink ribbon societies that organize taxing but exciting breast cancer walk events that are held in several cities around the world each year. To help walkers with their preparations and choosing the correct clothing, shoes and equipment, Avon provides training suggestions, group training walks, and coaches. Is a breast cancer walk a good idea for you? Ask these questions to find out …

 

 

The Race for the Cure was held for the first time in Dallas, Texas in October 1983, and eight hundred people participated. By 2002 the number of participants reached 1.3 million and the event was held in over one hundred U.S. cities, according to organizers. Breast cancer walk events are held in other parts of the world, in the form of the “Australia and New Zealand Dove Pink Star Walk,” the “Komen Frankfurt Race for the Cure,” and “Avon One-Day Walk for Life,” among several others.

 

 

Whether you’re a walker, crewmember, helper or contributor, your involvement in major breast cancer walk events will allow medically underserved cancer patients to have access to the care they need. Because of your donation or your participation, people you’ve never heard of will learn about the benefits of soy, Coenzyme Q10 and garlic in combating breast cancer, and there will be greater breast cancer awareness in society.

 

The Avon walk lasts three days, and walkers camp overnight in a wellness village set up by Avon. Susan G. Komen also has 3-day walks, where participants walk sixty miles in three days to help raise millions of dollars for breast cancer research and patient support.