[Archived] Alexandria Walk to Fight Breast Cancer

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

SUPPORT FREE MAMMOGRAMS FOR WOMEN IN NEED
REGISTER FOR ALEXANDRIA WALK TO FIGHT BREAST CANCER

Registration is underway for the City of Alexandria’s Seventh Annual Walk to Fight Breast Cancer, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27, 8:30 a.m., at Cameron Run Regional Park, 4001 Eisenhower Ave., in Alexandria.

The registration fee is $20 for adults, $10 for children and includes a commemorative t-shirt. Breast cancer survivors are encouraged to attend and will receive a pink survivor shirt. There are several ways to register: call the Alexandria Office on Women at 703.838.5030 for a registration form or pre-registration location information; pick up a brochure from Alexandria businesses; or download registration and pledge forms from the City’s web site at ci.alexandria.va.us.

Proceeds from The Walk will go to the Alexandria Breast Cancer Walk Fund, which provides free mammograms for Alexandria women who cannot otherwise afford them. All participants are asked to collect pledges for the fund. Persons and teams raising the most in pledges will be eligible for prizes.

More than $112,000 was raised at last year’s Walk and since its inception in 1995, at least 1,000 diagnostic procedures have been completed at Inova Alexandria Hospital.

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Senator Patricia S. Ticer, former Alexandria City Manager Vola Lawson and other city dignitaries will lead hundreds of walkers this year on a 1.5K, 3.5K or 5K route beginning on Eisenhower Avenue in front of the park. The Walk will be held rain or shine. The route can accommodate all walkers, children in strollers and individuals using wheelchairs.

In addition this year, The Walk is a “Fight the Flu” site. A flu shot clinic will be on site to provide shots for a cost of $18. Call 1-877-895-5BUG for more information regarding the flu shot.

Many business leaders and radio station Soft Rock 97.1 WASH-FM are sponsors of this year’s event. For more information call the Office on Women, 703.838.5030. The event is co-sponsored by the City of Alexandria Office on Women and Invoa Alexandria Hospital.