Walkers set to help cancer research for seventh year
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The walk, which has raised over $135,000 over the past six years, raised over $27,000 at the 2004 walk with an estimated 400 participants. Every penny of the money raised goes toward breast cancer research at the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville.
“We were very pleased with the walk last year and the generosity of the people,” said Jane Flatt, who organizes the walk with Diane Stanley. “Last year we raised more money than in any year in the past.”
Registration for Walk for the Cure will be held at the First United Methodist Church Outreach Building at the corner of Morford and High streets at 8 a.m. with the walk beginning at 9 a.m.
In support of breast cancer research, pink and white balloons will be available for walkers to purchase for $1. These balloons are meant for the people who wish to walk in memory of someone who has been touched by breast cancer or in celebration of someone who is surviving breast cancer.
If donations are made in memory of someone, their name will be put into an honor book and will be read at the stage after the walk. The balloons can then be released as the name is read.
“By the end of the ceremony the whole sky is full of pink and white balloons,” Flatt said.
Security Federal Savings Bank has donated Walk for the Cure T-shirts that will be available the morning of the walk for all participants.
Donation forms are available at McMinnville Electric System or at the main branches of Citizens Tri-County Bank, First National Bank, Homeland Community Bank, Regions Bank, Security Federal Savings Bank and U.S. Bank.
Donation will be accepted through mail and Flatt asks that checks be made payable to “Walk for the Cure” and mailed to P.O. Box 774, McMinnville, Tenn.
Flatt added that volunteers are always needed. If you would like to help, please contact Stanley at 668-2262 or Flatt at 668-9537 or 473-3144.