The American Cancer Society is proud to introduce our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer® walk in Fort Collins on October 10, 2010 at Spring Canyon Community Park. We walk to help create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays. This noncompetitive event will unite the entire community to celebrate breast cancer survivors, educate people about how to reduce their breast cancer risk or find the disease early, and raise funds to end the disease. The event and the dollars raised from it support the Society?s efforts to save lives by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures and fighting back against breast cancer.
?Cancer does not go away in tough economic times,? said Sarah Forsythe, Community Relationship Manager for the American Cancer Society. ?We are so thankful for how this community has pulled together to ensure that we can continue to serve breast cancer patients and their families here in Northern Colorado.?
Over time, the Society has invested more in breast cancer research than any other voluntary public health organization, spending more on breast cancer research and investing more than $388 million in breast cancer research grants since 1971. As a result, more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors will celebrate a birthday this year.
It is not too late to register, volunteer, sponsor, or make a donation to your Fort Collins? Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. Registration is free and you may join us as a team or individual. Please visit makingstrides.acsevents.org/ftcollins to help the Society continue making strides and saving lives. For more information about this event, you may contact Sarah Forsythe at 970-350-5018 or sarah.forsythe@cancer.org. For more information about breast cancer, please contact the American Cancer Society at 1-800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org/breastcancer.