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Shop NowMama Cecilia's Team
Our team is inspired by Mama Cecilia, a retired public school assistant cook for 30+ years. Mama Cecilia is a proud mother of a son, Jose (Pito) who currently works for the New York Police Department and a daughter, Grismaldy (Maldy) who is a retired New York City High School Principal. Mama Cecilia is also a phenomenal grandmother to 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandsons. In 2021, Mama Cecilia was unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer. At the start of this 2024 fundraiser, Mama Cecilia was in remission for 2 years. However, as of March 16, 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer again. Mama Cecilia's journey layered with exhaustion, prayers, hope and love bring us each year to the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, where we support her in her battle against breast cancer. Mama Cecilia's remission celebration was adorned with butterflies to signify the change within herself in mind, body and spirit, but the positive change within her family as well. Each day means more than yesterday. Each day is a blessing for a better tomorrow. Family and friends are thanked for their annual contributions towards the American Cancer Society's support services and lifesaving research. Our team helped Mama Cecilia through treatment and will continue to help other patients, survivors and thrivers of breast cancer. Please support the Mama Cecilia Team today because together we can end breast cancer.
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Our team is inspired by Mama Cecilia, a retired public school assistant cook for 30+ years. Mama Cecilia is a proud mother of a son, Jose (Pito) who currently works for the New York Police Department and a daughter, Grismaldy (Maldy) who is a retired New York City High School Principal. Mama Cecilia is also a phenomenal grandmother to 5 grandchildren and 2 great grandsons. In 2021, Mama Cecilia was unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer.
At the start of this 2024 fundraiser, Mama Cecilia was in remission for 2 years. However, as of March 16, 2024, she was diagnosed with breast cancer again. Mama Cecilia's journey layered with exhaustion, prayers, hope and love bring us each year to the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, where we support her in her battle against breast cancer.
Mama Cecilia's remission celebration was adorned with butterflies to signify the change within herself in mind, body and spirit, but the positive change within her family as well. Each day means more than yesterday. Each day is a blessing for a better tomorrow. Family and friends are thanked for their annual contributions towards the American Cancer Society's support services and lifesaving research. Our team helped Mama Cecilia through treatment and will continue to help other patients, survivors and thrivers of breast cancer. Please support the Mama Cecilia Team today because together we can end breast cancer.
Thank you for fueling the American Cancer Society's fight against cancer.
Cancer hits far too close to home, so the funds you raise will help do the same. Through services and resources like free rides to chemo, free places to stay near hospitals, and a live 24/7 helpline, cancer patients and their families will feel the love. Here’s how recent money raised has been put to incredible uses.
As of January 2022, we have invested $71 M for potentially lifesaving breast cancer specific research grants.
We have received over 250,000 calls and chats from patients and caregivers seeking support in 2021
Cancer patients benefited from ACS transportation support through our Road TO Recovery program and transportation grants in 2021, with nearly 229,000 rides provided.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors for fueling the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer.
Need an event shirt or looking for other ways to bring more pink into your wardrobe?
Check out our online store today. Proceeds from every purchase will benefit the American Cancer Society and the fight against breast cancer.
Shop NowThis isn’t what I wanted.
Welcome to our Team Page. We've formed a team because this cause is important to us. We want to help. And walking and raising money in our local American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event is the best way we can do that. We all have different reasons for participating but we share a determination to help save lives from breast cancer.
There are so many ways that the money our team raises helps. It’s helping fund innovative research. It's providing free information for people dealing with the disease. It’s providing rides to treatment and places to stay for people who have to seek treatment far from home. In short, our money is helping save lives. Consider donating to our team and helping advance the cause.
How We Support the American Cancer Society
Of course we walk in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event. And we solicit donations from family, friends, and other supporters. But we also schedule fundraisers in lead-up to the big event. Bake-sales, car washes, and countless other types of events. And we promote those on social media, through Facebook and Twitter, by word of mouth, and through flyers at work and around the neighborhood. The success of fundraising events depends on two things - hard work and getting the word out. And we're out to do both. Keep an eye out for our fundraising events.
Join us. Donate today. Or walk with us.