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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Will County 5K Walk

MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER OF WILL COUNTY WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014!

We invite you to join the millions in creating a world with less cancer and more birthdays!

Today, 1 in every women newly diagnosed with breast cancer reaches out to the American Cancer Society for help and support! Today we are leading the fight against breast cancer and helping to save more than 400 lives a day - and with your support we can continue to fight for everyone threatened by every cancer in every community!

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is an inspiring 5K walk that empowers everyone to raise awareness about what we can do to reduce our breast cancer risk, and raise money to help the American Cancer Society fight the disease with research, information and services, and access to mammograms for women who need them.

In the most recent year for which data is available, we have seen Breast Cancer death rates decrease by 34% (between 1990 and 2010). Thanks to improvements in treatment and early detection, more and more women are surviving breast cancer and thanks to our supporters we are doing the most in every community to help people with breast cancer today and striving to find cures to end the disease tomorrow.

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Anyone can get involved and help our communities fight back against cancer! With one click of your mouse, you can join the millions in creating a world with more birthdays! There is a $25 pre-event mission commitment fee that counts directly toward your fundraising totals and guarantees each registered participant an event t-shirt. To register your team, please visit www.makingstrideswalk.org/willcountyil

For event related questions, please contact: Jacquelyn Koch by calling 630-932-1151 or email WillCountyILStrides@cancer.org.

If you are in need of information on our services or programs, please call 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org!

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