Making Strides of Central Illinois

Me & My BrEaST Friends

Thank you for visiting my team page.  I hope you will be walking with us this year. 

I was so lucky to have amazing support from friends and family when i was diagnosed and having treatments.  I know God surrounded me with these people to get me through the process.  I am so grateful to be a survivor and so inspired by the survivors I meet at the walk.  Seeing others like my Mom that are 30 year plus survivors gives me courage to believe I have won this fight too.  The demons that shake your confidence about a recurrence are kept at bay.  I know that not everyone facing this battle has the loving support group I was blessed with.  That is a big part of what the walk does giving the ACS funds for support.  The research funding is also vital.  I know because of research before my diagnosis my treatment regimen was less dreadful than those years before me.  I hope that future advancements lead to a cure.  I know we all hope for that.  So thanks for your participation and donation.  

 

Why We are Making Strides

Welcome to our Team Page! Almost everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way, so we've decided to make a difference by walking and raising money in our local American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

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 2.9 million breast cancer survivors celebrate another birthday this year!

Why We Support the American Cancer Society

Saving lives from breast cancer starts one team, one walker, and one dollar at a time. We know that the American Cancer Society is the leader in the fight to end breast cancer. We know that supporting them will ensure that if you need someone to talk to anytime of the day or night, they'll be there. If your friend is losing her hair from chemo, your mother needs a ride to treatment, or a loved one needs a place to stay when treatment is far from home, they will be there to help.

Join us and together we will walk for a world without breast cancer.
 

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Thank you for visiting my team page.  I hope you will be walking with us this year. 

I was so lucky to have amazing support from friends and family when i was diagnosed and having treatments.  I know God surrounded me with these people to get me through the process.  I am so grateful to be a survivor and so inspired by the survivors I meet at the walk.  Seeing others like my Mom that are 30 year plus survivors gives me courage to believe I have won this fight too.  The demons that shake your confidence about a recurrence are kept at bay.  I know that not everyone facing this battle has the loving support group I was blessed with.  That is a big part of what the walk does giving the ACS funds for support.  The research funding is also vital.  I know because of research before my diagnosis my treatment regimen was less dreadful than those years before me.  I hope that future advancements lead to a cure.  I know we all hope for that.  So thanks for your participation and donation.  

 

Why We are Making Strides

Welcome to our Team Page! Almost everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way, so we've decided to make a difference by walking and raising money in our local American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

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 2.9 million breast cancer survivors celebrate another birthday this year!

Why We Support the American Cancer Society

Saving lives from breast cancer starts one team, one walker, and one dollar at a time. We know that the American Cancer Society is the leader in the fight to end breast cancer. We know that supporting them will ensure that if you need someone to talk to anytime of the day or night, they'll be there. If your friend is losing her hair from chemo, your mother needs a ride to treatment, or a loved one needs a place to stay when treatment is far from home, they will be there to help.

Join us and together we will walk for a world without breast cancer.
 

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Event Details

Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024

Location: Springfield, IL

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How Fundraising Impacts Your Community

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.

Our Sponsors

Many thanks to our generous sponsors for fueling the American Cancer Society's fight against breast cancer.

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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.

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