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AS THE NATION OBSERVES BREAST
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AS THE NATION OBSERVES BREAST
CAPPER AWARENESS MONTHS,
THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS WILL BE
HITTING THE PAVEMENT OCTOBER 28
TO SUPPORT BREAST HEALTH IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
JOINING ME TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE EVENT IS ANNA SYMINGTON.
THE RAYS OF HOPE EVENT IS TAKING
PLACE THIS WEEKEND.
I'LL BE IN THE ONE IN
SPRINGFIELD, REGISTRATION STARTS
AT 9:00 A.M. WITH THE RUN, THERE
WILL BE AN 8K RUN AT 8:15 AND
THEN THE WALK IMMEDIATELY
THEREAFTER AT 10:30.
IT STARTS AT THE TEMPLE BETHEL
ON WEST DICKINSON STREET.
THERE'S A CONCURRENT EVENT IN
GREENFIELD THAT REGISTRATION
COMMENCES AT 10:00 A.M.
THEIR WALK STARTS AT ENERGY PARK
AND KICKS OFF AT NOON.
WHETHER YOU'RE IN HAMPSHIRE
COUNTY, HAMPDEN COUNTY, YOU CAN
SUPPORT.
YES, PLEASE.
IF YOU'RE NOT A RUNNER,
BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU TO HAVE
TRAIN, YOU CAN JUST WALK.
YEAH, AND THAT'S HOW IT
STARTED, AS A WALK.
THE RUN IS A NEW ELEMENT BECAUSE
OF REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE WHO
WANTED TO RUN, BUT THE WALKING
IS THE BIGGEST COMPONENT.
ANNA, YOU ARE THE CHAIR OF
THIS YEAR'S EVENT.
YOU'RE A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR,
YOU, TOO.
IT IS VERY SPECIAL.
IN ADDITION TO YOU BEING A
ARE.
IT IS.
I WAS DIAGNOSED THEN MY YOUNGER
SISTER AND A YEAR OR TWO AFTER
THAT, MY MOTHER.
DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY OBVIOUS
GENETIC CONNECTION.
IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW INSIDIOUS
BREAST CANCER CAN BE AND REALLY
DON'T KNOW.
THAT'S A LOT FOR YOUR FAMILY
TO GO THROUGH.
THANK GOODNESS, WE'RE ALL
SURVIVORS.
THAT'S AMAZE TO GO HEAR.
EVENTS LIKE THIS, RAISING MONEY
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOWARD A
CURE AND AGAINST BREAST CANCER
THAT ARE REALLY MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, AND FROM HEARING
STORIES LIKE THIS, SURVIVOR
STORIES, ARE WONDERFUL.
THE COOL THING IS THAT BOTH YOU,
YOUR SISTER AND YOUR MOM CAN
MAKE CREATIONS THAT YOU SELL TO
RAISE MONEY.
WE DO.
TOWARDS A CURE, AS WELL.
WE HAD BEEN INVOLVED AS
WALKERS, MY SISTER AND I, AND WE
EACH HAVE THE SKILLS THAT WE
USED TO DO AS A HOBBY.
WE MAKE JEWELRY.
MY MOTHER IS A TAYLOR, BUT SHE
ALSO KNITS AND CROCHETS.
SHE STARTED MAKING SCARVES AND
GLOVES AND WE DECIDED WE COULD
PROBABLY RAISE MORE MONEY IF WE
SOLD WHAT WE MADE, AND WE ONLY
DO IT FOR RAYS OF HOPE.
WE DON'T DO IT FOR ANYTHING
ELSE, SO EVERY YEAR, WE PRODUCE
THESE CRAFTS AND SELL THEM AT
THE RAYS OF HOPE WALK AND ALL
RAYS OF HOPE.
IT'S VERY SPECIAL FOR YOU AS
SURVIVORS BUT ALSO TO GIVE BACK.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
ALL THE MONEY RAISED, WHERE DOES
IT GO?
WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT THE
RAYS OF HOPE, BUT IT STAYS
WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
ALL THE MONEY GOES BACK TO
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND IT'S
USED TO HELP OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION ACROSS WESTERN MASS.
IT ALSO HELPS FOR TREATMENT AND
CARE DURING DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST
CANCER, AND ALSO THE FOLLOW UP
AS WOMEN ARE, AND MEN, I SHOULD
SAY THAT, MEN TEND TO GET SHORT
SHRIFT, MEN DO GET BREAST
CANCER, BUT TREATMENT AFTERWARDS
AND TO RESEARCH.
THE CENTER FOR BREAST CANCER
RESEARCH WAS FOUNDED AND A LARGE
GRANT WAS GIVEN TO THE BREAST
CENTER AND THERE'S A
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
PIONEER VALLEY HIVE SCIENCES
INSTITUTE IN SPRINGFIELD AND
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AM
HURT CAMPUS AND THEY COME
TOGETHER AND BASICALLY DO THE
COMMUNITY.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT'S
MAKING.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOUR
SURVIVOR STORY, AS WELL AS YOUR