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WHO: Morehouse College
WHAT:
5th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk
WHERE:
Start/Finish: Martin Luther King Jr. International
Chapel Morehouse College campus
WHEN:
Saturday, October 16, 2003, 8 a.m.
Atlanta,
October 11, 2004 – Faculty,
staff and students at Morehouse College will lace-up
their walking shoes to stomp out breast cancer and
help find a cure. The 5th annual 2K walk was founded
by staff-member Sandra Walker, after she and two
other Morehouse staff-members were diagnosed with
the disease.
“I
was diagnosed with breast cancer in October, 1999,”
said Walker. “Chandra Price, for whom the
walk is dedicated, Mary Peaks and I had been diagnosed
within a three-year period and I wanted to do
something to inform the community and the Morehouse
College family about the rising number of minorities
who are affected with the disease.”
Since
its founding, the Morehouse College Breast Cancer
Walk has raised more than $50,000 for the American
Cancer Society to help with education and research
for the disease that affects more than just women.
“The
number of men who are diagnosed increases each
year,” said Walker. “More whites are
diagnosed, but African Americans have the largest
number of deaths from breast cancer, as well as
all cancer,” Walker said.
This
year, more than 400 people are expected to participate
in the 2K walk, which begins at 8 a.m. at the
Martin Luther King International Chapel.
Registration
for the walk is $20 (includes t-shirt). To register,
contact Sandra Walker at (404) 215-2675.
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