Community Corner
Come Walk With Me 2011
Participants as far away as Olympia came out to support breast cancer awareness.
Over 1,000 participants dressed in all shades of pink showed their support at the Come Walk With Me 2011 on Saturday, October 8 at The Old Cannery Furniture Warehouse in Sumner, Wash.
The event included a 5K Walk, a motorcycle ride, kids 50 yeard dash, Bedazzled Bra Contest, PINK'd Award, breakfast show and a silent auction and drawing.
The funds raised for Come Walk With Me will provide the following for breast health programs at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital:
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- Establish a free/reduced fee mammography program
- Resource kits for newly diagnosed patients
- Post-surgical camisoles with built-in drainage, provided to patients at no cost
- Wigs for patients in treatment
- Prosthesis programs for under-insured
- Presentations to various community groups on breast health
- Lymphedema classes and support groups
- Exercise and nutrition classes specifically for breast cancer patients
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