Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Fairfield County will return as an in-person walk Sunday, Oct. 17, at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport. The walk will be held in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Connecticut guidelines to ensure the safety of all attendees; masks are required. In 2019, an estimated 6,500 participants joined the effort raising more than $320,000 toward breast cancer research.
The event is open to the public and free to attend. To register, visit makingstrideswalk.org/fairfieldcountyCT.
The society is requiring that all individuals register in advance to be kept abreast of important details, which will be updated regularly.
“Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the traditional walk might look different, but our passion and commitment to fight breast cancer is unchanged,” said Erin Nielsen, senior development manager, American Cancer Society.
In its 27th year in Fairfield County, the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer movement embraces a bittersweet mix of purpose ”“ celebrating survivorship and paying meaningful tributes to loved ones lost, while raising awareness and funds for a world without breast cancer.
The American Cancer Society is the nation”™s nonprofit leader in the breast cancer fight, putting 100-plus years of cancer-fighting experience to work through investments in breast cancer research.
For more, contact the American Cancer Society at Erin.Nielsen@cancer.org or call 203-563-1539 or visit makingstrideswalk.org/fairfieldcountyCT.
