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Avon Walk
for Breast Cancer New York
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God’s Love
We Deliver Assistant Director of Development
Patrick Schultz, Marc Hurlbert of the Avon Foundation and
God’s Love
President & CEO Karen Pearl accept the grant awarded to
God’s Love We
Deliver at the 2014 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
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Courtesy of : Avon Walk for Breast Cancer New York
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God’s Love We
Deliver Receives $150,000 As One of Eleven Grants Awarded at
the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer New York
12 th
Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer New York
Raises $6.7 Million
The 12 th annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer season
continued with the Avon
Walk for Breast Cancer New York, which raised $7 million to
advance access to care and finding a cure for breast
cancer. The Avon Walk New York attracted nearly 3,000
participants from 41 states and Washington, D.C., as
well as five countries including Bermuda, Brazil, Canada,
the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
In addition, 376 breast cancer survivors and 442 men joined
together to raise lifesaving funds for breast cancer.
God's Love We Deliver received $150,000 to provide 70,000
nutritious meals to breast cancer patients and their
families this year. God’s Love President & CEO President
Karen Pearl accepted
the award.
"God’s Love We Deliver is honored to partner with the Avon
Foundation and the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer," said
Karen Pearl. “We know that this walk, and everyone involved,
makes such an impact on the lives of those
living with breast cancer. With this year’s generous grant,
we will be able to provide people living with breast
cancer and their children and senior caregivers the
nourishment they require to get through difficult treatments
and regain their strength. We are grateful and proud to be
part of such a great event for such an important
cause.”
During the Closing Ceremony at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84,
Alice Ramos, a breast cancer survivor and Avon Walker,
shared her breast cancer journey with fellow walkers,
volunteers, family and friends. “As a healthcare
professional, I meet patients every day that impact me. One
patient that stands out most is a woman named Maria.
During a brief chance encounter in an exam room, Maria told
me breast cancer was a ‘bêncão,’ which means
‘blessing’ in Portuguese. This was something I didn’t truly
understand until earlier this year,” Ramos said.
“In January, after feeling a sharp pain in my chest, I found
out that I had two breast tumors. I was lucky enough
to have insurance, access to great medical care, and an
incredible support network. After a double mastectomy,
chemo, and radiation sessions, I’ve started to understand
what Maria meant and no longer stress about the little
things in life.
This weekend I had the honor, thrill and a bêncão of walking to help
thousands of men and women get the strength, information and
empowerment they need to fight this disease. “ Eloise
Caggiano, a breast cancer survivor and Avon Walk for Breast
Cancer Program Director, announced 11 new grants to
local breast cancer organizations, ensuring the funds raised
immediately benefit the local community.
“These grants represent only a portion of the funding that
the Avon Foundation will distribute in New York and across
the country this year, but we want to make sure the impact
of your Walk begins today. Every grant moves
us closer toward our goal of a world without breast cancer,”
said Caggian |
For more
information, visit
www.godslovewedeliver.org . Follow God’s Love
on Facebook and follow them on Twitter, @godslovenyc.
God’s Love is a non-sectarian organization. |
The 2015 Avon Walks
include:
Houston (April 25 – 26), Washington DC (May 2 – 3), Boston
(May 16 – 17), Chicago (June 6 – 7), San Francisco
(July 11 – 12), Santa Barbara (September 12-13),
and New York (October 17-18). |
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For more information
on the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, visit
www.avonwalk.org
or call 888-541-WALK. To learn more about the Avon
Foundation for Women visit
www.avonfoundation.org |
KNOW YOUR RISKS.
KNOW YOUR BODY. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR.
Encourage women around you to do the same. Don’t forget,
men can get breast cancer, too.
For breast cancer information and resources, visit
www.avonfoundation.org .
The Avon Walk thanks National Sponsors Reebok and ORION
Holdings
Official Sponsors: Tiger Balm, Hudson River Park, Treat by
Shutterfly, The Company Store and PL$Medical Sponsor: New
York Presbyterian-The University Hospital of Columbia and
Cornell Breakfast Sponsors: Waffles & Dinges and Coffee
Distributing Corp.
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