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Avon Walk for Breast Cancer 2007
July 7-8, 2007
Project Open Hand staff and volunteers were in full force to cheer on over 2,400 walkers for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on July 7th and 8th. Walkers from all around the country gathered in San Francisco to walk 39.3 miles over the course of the weekend and raised over $5.6 million dollars to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer.
Project Open Hand cheer teams were stationed at 9 different stops along the route and passed out Project Open Hand stickers, scrumptious chocolate chip cookies baked in our own kitchen and invited walkers to write a message on our banner that will be displayed in our offices throughout the year.
Here are some images from the event. Click on any image for a larger version.
Here are some images from the event. Click on any image for a larger version.
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Kate Peltier and Louisa Wilson, Avon Walk for Breast Cancer participants and POH staff members, proudly walk to their next pit stop. |
Tom Nolan, Executive Director of POH, and Bob Brenneman, POH Director of Development, were members of one of the many POH cheer teams that encouraged walkers throughout the day. |
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Susan Caravan, Mike Coughlin and a friend pose for a quick picture after they finished preparing the Sausalito cheer station. |
Walkers sign the POH banner at one of the POH cheers stations. The banner was marched in by the walkers at the closing ceremony and is hung in POH’s offices throughout the year. |
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Walkers cheered in solidarity at the closing ceremony. |
Carol Kurzig, Executive Director of the Avon Foundation, Tom Nolan, Executive Director of POH, Barbara Rand, POH Board Member, and Karen Borkowsky, Program Director of the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, pose with a copy of the $200,000 grant check that POH received from the Avon Foundation. |
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