Breast cancer walk set

Thousands of people from all over the borough will be taking large strides in the 15th annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk to be held at Queens Borough Hall on Sunday, October 19.
Last year an estimated 6,500 people took to the streets of Queens in order to raise awareness of the severity and the struggle for early detection of breast cancer.
In the New York area alone, of 400,000 women aged 40 and up, only 61.1 percent reported having a mammogram last year.
Making Strides will provide another boost in awareness and support to the research, which is needed in order to find the cure and sustain patient and family programs throughout the community.
The hope is that not only people will become aware but that the government will listen and provide more grant money so that women of all different backgrounds will be given a chance for the lifesaving technology of a mammogram.
The American Cancer Society has been has been the leader in the tenacious fight against breast cancer and since 1972 it has invested more than $352 million in breast cancer research grants. Making Strides has raised more than $280 million since 1993 through this event, which relies on the efforts of dedicated survivors and their families.
Through rain or shine, Making Strides registration will begin at 9 a.m. and the walk will step off at 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 19, at the Queens Borough Hall 120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens. For more information contact Anne Shaknis at 212-237-3884 or visit www.cancer.org/stridesonline.