Twenty-two years ago, CancerCare, a national organization
working with women who have breast cancer, founded National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month to promote early detection.
May 28, 2006 (Press Release) --
NEW YORK — Twenty-two years ago, CancerCare, a national organization
working with women who have breast cancer, founded National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month to promote early detection. This put women on the road to
annual mammography screenings, which have lowered mortality rates.
Since then, millions of lives have been saved and miles have been walked
and run in support of breast cancer research and awareness. This past
Mother’s Day weekend, another journey began.
When Lori Raimondo’s mother lost her long battle with breast cancer last
August, Raimondo lost someone who she both admired and loved. Today she
will begin driving from San Diego to New York to raise money for the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “I want to raise $9,490 — a dollar
for every day that my mother battled breast cancer,” Raimondo said. She
already has more than $3,500 in pledges.
Raimondo will seek opportunities along the way to participate in local
events that will raise funds. Her flexible route starts in San Diego,
heads to Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Utah. She’ll then go back to San
Francisco, up through Oregon and Washington State, through Idaho, Montana,
the Dakotas and to Minnesota to visit a college friend who is battling
breast cancer. Raimondo will stop in her native Chicago and then head east
to Niagara Falls before returning home to New York City.
Her blog, roadtoacure.blogspot.com, which officially launched on Sunday,
will chronicle the trip and provide donors with several ways to support
her journey. Raimondo had initially hoped to keep costs down and to raise
more money by getting an automaker to donate a vehicle from the cross-
country trip. However, her proposals to BMW and Ford were not accepted
within the one-week time period she had set aside for pre-trip prep.
Instead, Raimondo will be traveling in a rental car for the duration of
her journey.
Although BMW and Ford will not be supporting Raimondo's effort with a
vehicle loan, both automakers have demoonstrated a committment to breast
cancer research. Ford has been a National Series Sponsor for 12 years with
the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Nationally, more than 50,000 Ford employees
have run or walked in races to support the cause. Thousands of Ford
dealers are also involved by participating in the Komen Race for the Cure
at local Race sites, raising $84 million. Ford’s umbrella for the cause
is Warriors in Pink, whose slogan is, “In every woman there is a
believer, a fighter, a survivor.” Symbols are printed on T-shirts,
scarves and bumper stickers to raise money and support women who are
battling the disease.
Postede by Kate McLeod
Source: http://search.msn.com
working with women who have breast cancer, founded National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month to promote early detection. This put women on the road to
annual mammography screenings, which have lowered mortality rates.
Since then, millions of lives have been saved and miles have been walked
and run in support of breast cancer research and awareness. This past
Mother’s Day weekend, another journey began.
When Lori Raimondo’s mother lost her long battle with breast cancer last
August, Raimondo lost someone who she both admired and loved. Today she
will begin driving from San Diego to New York to raise money for the
Breast Cancer Research Foundation. “I want to raise $9,490 — a dollar
for every day that my mother battled breast cancer,” Raimondo said. She
already has more than $3,500 in pledges.
Raimondo will seek opportunities along the way to participate in local
events that will raise funds. Her flexible route starts in San Diego,
heads to Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Utah. She’ll then go back to San
Francisco, up through Oregon and Washington State, through Idaho, Montana,
the Dakotas and to Minnesota to visit a college friend who is battling
breast cancer. Raimondo will stop in her native Chicago and then head east
to Niagara Falls before returning home to New York City.
Her blog, roadtoacure.blogspot.com, which officially launched on Sunday,
will chronicle the trip and provide donors with several ways to support
her journey. Raimondo had initially hoped to keep costs down and to raise
more money by getting an automaker to donate a vehicle from the cross-
country trip. However, her proposals to BMW and Ford were not accepted
within the one-week time period she had set aside for pre-trip prep.
Instead, Raimondo will be traveling in a rental car for the duration of
her journey.
Although BMW and Ford will not be supporting Raimondo's effort with a
vehicle loan, both automakers have demoonstrated a committment to breast
cancer research. Ford has been a National Series Sponsor for 12 years with
the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Nationally, more than 50,000 Ford employees
have run or walked in races to support the cause. Thousands of Ford
dealers are also involved by participating in the Komen Race for the Cure
at local Race sites, raising $84 million. Ford’s umbrella for the cause
is Warriors in Pink, whose slogan is, “In every woman there is a
believer, a fighter, a survivor.” Symbols are printed on T-shirts,
scarves and bumper stickers to raise money and support women who are
battling the disease.
Postede by Kate McLeod
Source: http://search.msn.com
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