Walk for the Cure bolstered by TV personality
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Rose, who is host of the popular show “Talk of the Town,” will greet participants as they register for the downtown walk at First Methodist Church. She will then help lead the walk as it heads down Main Street.
This year’s walk is scheduled for Oct. 18. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the walk starts at 9 a.m. Donation forms can be picked up at McMinnville Electric System or at the main branches of Cumberland Bank, First National Bank, Security Federal Savings Bank, and Union Planters Bank.
Several groups will be working to obtain donations for Walk for the Cure, including the VFW Auxiliary Ladies and the HOSA Club at Warren County High School. Main Street McMinnville will once again coordinate Pink Week downtown and several of our industries will also be involved in fund-raising, including Carrier and A. O. Smith.
Walk for the Cure will be held in conjunction with the Autumn Street Fair which takes place all day that Saturday. Pink and white balloons will be available if walkers wish to walk in memory of someone who was touched by breast cancer or in celebration of someone who is surviving breast cancer. River Park Hospital has donated T-shirts again this year. These shirts will be available the morning of the walk.
Last year, the walk raised $24,202 and every penny was donated directly to breast cancer research being conducted at the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The check was hand delivered to the foundation and members of the Walk for the Cure Committee met with some of the staff at this facility. Since Walk for the Cure began in 1999, over $84,000 has been donated to breast cancer research in our region.
Walk for the Cure
When: Oct. 18
Time: 9 a.m.
Where: First Methodist Church