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Why We are Making Strides Welcome to our "Kadima!" Team Page representing the Greater Altoona Jewish community! Kadima is the Hebrew word for "Forward" - and that's what we are going to do, by walking on Sunday, October 13th, in the 2024 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Pennsylvania at PNG Field in Altoona Why We Support the American Cancer Society
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Why We are Making Strides
Welcome to our "Kadima!" Team Page representing the Greater Altoona Jewish community! Kadima is the Hebrew word for "Forward" - and that's what we are going to do, by walking on Sunday, October 13th, in the 2024 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Pennsylvania at PNG Field in Altoona
Why We Support the American Cancer Society
Today 1 of every 2 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer reaches out to the American Cancer Society for help and support. The donations our team raises will enable investment in groundbreaking breast cancer research, free information and services for women diagnosed with the disease, and access to mammograms for women who need them. Our donations will help more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors celebrate another birthday this year! And don't forget that our Jewish community is more susceptible than most to this disease: people of Ashkenazic descent (Central and Eastern Europe) often carry a genetic defect that makes them pre-disposed to breast cancer.
KADIMA! Let's move forward! Join us and together we will walk for a world without 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.
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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.