The Children's Cancer Fund 14th Annual Walk
Hopeful, smiling faces fill FDR State Park in Yorktown Heights, NY each year for the CCF Walkathon. The joyous day begins at 9:00 a.m. when teams gather to
greet their friends and families for one of the most love-inspired events of the year.
At 10:00 a.m. the event ribbon is cut in ceremonious style and many different families become one huge CCF family walking together to raise money to improve
the survival rate of children with cancer and better the quality of life for those in treatment.
Whether you walk to honor or memorialize a beloved child or because you are impassioned to find a cure for cancer during your own lifetime, the CCF walkathon
is the WALK TO WALK.
Come share a day filled with love, hope and passion for a cure. The Walk, just 3 miles long ends with live music, food and raffle prizes.
While a hugely inspiring festival of fun and feel-good moments, The Walk is really a celebration of the dedication and love put into growing and building
your team of donors or walkers in the weeks beforehand.
Register on our event website and create your very own easy-to-design homepage. Download personal photos to your page, personalize your theme colors and
write your own words of support, encouragement and wisdom to share with those who will become your team of walkers and/or donors.
Talk the Walk – tell everyone you know how you feel about being a part of a cancer-free world and how they can help, even in a small way to achieve that goal.
It's easy and safe to donate online with a credit card, communicate with your team and follow up with acknowledgements.
Talk the Talk – we're all in this together. Approximately 60 children in the Hudson Valley alone are diagnosed with cancer each year. The time is now to
make a difference. Today, the 10-year survival rate for all forms of children's cancer is almost 75%. That is a result of dramatic improvements achieved
through treatment therapies in recent years but that number still leaves a lot of room for improvement. We need to make a difference and continue to improve
the cure rate for all children with cancer.
Walk the Walk on Saturday, October 1, 2011 and make a difference by supporting CCF's mission to develop and participate in research that will lead to
cures for children's cancer, minimize treatment-related side effects and provide support to the children in treatment at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, and at
the satellite offices in Vassar Brother's Hospital and Danbury Hospital.
Last year the walk was a great success generating over $150,000. This year with some luck, the sun will shine once again on our parade, matching the
enthusiasm of the crowd and help us to exceed our goal of $175,000.
Here's how you can get started:
Download the following forms:
2011 Walk Contribution Form Register and create your team online. Click here:
http://www.active.com/walking/yorktown-heights-ny/childrens-cancer-fund-14th-annual-walk-2011 Set a TEAM Fundraising objective and personalize your team donation page. Recruit as many team members as possible and encourage them to fundraise.
Your $30 Registration fee is tax-deductible. Use your email contacts to communicate with friends, family, co-workers, employers & local businesses to seek donor support. Online donations can
be made through your fundraising page or cash/check donations can be turned in at the Walk on Saturday, October 1st. Raise more than $100 and receive a Free T-shirt, raise more than $350 and receive a T-shirt and a CCF gift. Individuals who raise $500+ will earn a raffle ticket for a special prize drawing the day of the event! Want to donate without being part of a team? Click here:
http://www.active.com/donate/ccfwalk2011
For more information, event details, or to become a sponsor of the 14th Annual Children's Cancer Fund Walk, please contact Kathie Lusardi at
support@childrenscancerfund.org or by phone at: (203) 778-5001.
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