Breast Cancer 3-Day back to Cleveland - WKYC-TV

Cleveland -- People will walk 60 statute miles in three years to struggle breast cancer.

The Cleveland community will see one thousands of people walking together August 22-24 when the Breast Cancer 3-Day tax returns to the Cleveland country as portion of its 2008 series. This is the 2nd twelvemonth the Breast Cancer 3-Day, a three-day, 60-mile walk elevation finances for and consciousness of breast cancer, have been in Cleveland. In 2007, more than than 1,100 Walkers participated in the Cleveland Breast Cancer 3-Day. Each Walker perpetrates to a fundraising a lower limit of $2,200, helping to raise billions of dollars for donees Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Return monetary fund advanced and life-saving breast malignant neoplastic disease research, instruction and community outreach programs. The Breast Cancer 3-Day is a alone event because the Walkers word form a community among themselves from the minute they subscribe up through their last stairway into shutting ceremonies. Upon registration, participants are able to fall in teams, go to helpful meetings and ran into new friends during preparation walks. The sense of community is only heightened on-event when the Walkers pass all twenty-four hours together on the path and then go back to camp, their home-away-from-home, and chemical bond over hot meals, cheerful amusement and cosy pinkish two-person sleeping tents. Participants traveling an norm of 20 statute miles a twenty-four hours during each Breast Cancer 3-Day event, raising consciousness for breast malignant neoplastic disease throughout the streets and the mass media nationwide. Participants are provided meals, snacks, liquids, mobile showers, safety guidelines, 24-hour medical support ? all resources Walkers necessitate for a safe and memorable experience. Nationally, the events bring forth billions of dollars to fund critical breast malignant neoplastic disease research and community outreach programs.The Breast Cancer 3-Day is an chance to educate 10s of one thousands of people about breast health, including the importance of early detection. Return from the Breast Cancer 3-Day benefit the breast malignant neoplastic disease movement, grassroots activism and community outreach programmes of Susan G. Komen for the Remedy and the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund. Call 1-800-996-3DAY for up-to-date information and a 2008 event schedule.