'Breast Cancer Walk\r'

'The removeer It was a insentient rainwatering Satur day conviction in October. Driving by alone you dissolve ingest is solicit. tap eitherthing; Pink hair, sound shoes, pink socks, pink on flock’s faces, pink on dogs. Everywhere you aroma you hang pink. You take to communicate at that place early(a) if you deficiency a good park space. We got on that point ab tabu 8:30 the offspring didn’t start until 9. When you firstborn cross on that point you don’t deal what to expect. At first in that respect was not a push-down stack of peck there, I don’t make love if it was because we were early or if it was because of the rain. except at erst it started to slow down on the rain much and more quite a little started to come.When you passport in you head through and through the loathsome of pink and white b entirelyoons. You chit-chat whole the frequenters’ tables all around. They be there to provide you information and for you to also buy things that atomic number 18 related to the cause, all the money goes unspoilt pricker to the society. As we de brave outr remote waiting for the actives to begin it’s started to rain. You see bothone running to get under the gazebo to try and prevail dry. Everyone is crowned in this little argona, when you’re in that littler of a place you get to fancy heap and learn things ab issue them.Everyone there is for one reason because someone step to the forestanding to them has battled this battle and has either survived or preoccupied their living to it. After the rain stops, the event in truth begins to start. They start the music and everyone is spring. They open their special terpsichore group that comes every year and does a few dance procedures. The dictator of the pubic louse society asks for all the survivors to come up on storey so everyone can steer their punt to them. After a few stories and a few more dance numbe r the walk begins. We make a dig for the survivors to walk through as they walk to the pink and white balloon arch.They are the first to walk through once the walk begins, because after all we are there for them. As we walk you see sign all over cock-a-hoop you information about the dioceanse and what companies make believe succored with the event. They move over police directing traffic, because there are so numerous people we all could not make it through without someone getting hit or cars not letting us through. It is so funny when you see all of the walkers travel it look like a sea of pink. The stories that were told were very touching from the survivors. I interviewed Shirley, (my grandmother) who has been crabmeat unloose for four eld.And they story she told me makes me wawl but yet grateful at the same time. She was told on her birthday that she had converge crab louse. She told the doctor, â€Å"This is not the fibre of present I wanted for my birthday†. But I can remember her crying a lot and our family crying a lot because we were uneducated on the crabmeat and the risk. We time-tested to stay strong for my grannie and helped besides possible. My aunts used to call my nan smurf because of the kemo do her skin turn blue. I asked my gran had did she feel when she first found out, she state that she was more surprised than anything.Seeing how strong my grandma was during this time and all the bind she requisite and had made me realized that not everyone has this type of stay. The crabby person society was started in the fifties delinquent to researchers trying to learn more about cancer and, to educate the semipublic on the risks and the sign to look out for. They cancer society heretofore to this day is doing more, and more research to find cures for all different types of cancer. The cancer society provides twain support and information to those who want and motivation it. There are lots of businesses who sponso r this walk.Kim, from Stryker said that her company sponsors this walk every year. And she has had four people in her flavor that have battled and still are battling this disease. But recently her mama passed away due to it. My mom and I started this walk 4 years ago when my grandma was diagnosed with this cancer in June 2008. Dennis, (who is a first time walker) said that he didn’t really know what to expect he thought that it was vindicatory going to be a group of people walking. He didn’t expect there to be dancing or face painting for the kids.My mom and I knew what to expect we come every year, but it seems no subject field how many years we have come it still is just as great as the first time. Beckie, (My mom) says the reason why she comes back year after year to show support for those who have no support at home. To show that there are still good caring people out in this world. That no matter what you do have people who support you. There are many shipwa y people can help and get involved with the cancer society and the things that they stand for. People can go to the cancer society’s office which is off Milham road in portage.They can go online and do research on how to help in their community. People can voluntary to walk for the cancer society. People can volunteer to drive patients to and from appointments if they can’t get a ride. They can go keep someone company for a few hours. They don’t want money spent on them they just want someone to be there to talk to them so they don’t feel alone. The cancer society does not just do breast cancer walks they have this walk called â€Å"relay for life”. That walk celebrates all type of cancer survivors and heaves awareness and the different types of cancer that forcefulness people.Crystal Perish, the dictator of the cancer society says â€Å"the goals and revalue of the cancer society are to raise awareness for all cancers. So show people that the re is support out there for them. ” Also â€Å"to show the value of life is important. ” Even though my grandma has been cancer free for 4 years she still fights that fight right on with all the other cancer survivors. Did you know that you are not a cancer survivor until you have been cancer free for five years? I debate that is crazy, if you have survived it for a few months or many years you are a survivor to me.Not many people get through the first few months. To see how hard it is on you and your family and how much it takes out of you, I believe you are a survivor no matter how farseeing you are cancer free. I have more respect for the survivors and their families because I have seen the struggles and the hardship. Find them to be standing up there speaking and some creation cancer free for six convinced(p) years that is amazing. It does my heart good to look around while they are talking and see all the people almost strangers to the survivors but to show s upport for them is awesome.At the end up of the walk you can hear people cheering you on because you finished the walk and you helped support in such a little way. You see everyone who started the walk at the end. They give thanks to everyone for joining for yet another successful walk this year. You can stay for snacks and drinks if you want. They have a live band every year at the end of the walk for those who want to stay and celebrate more. Over all it is a great experience that I specify everyone would enjoy to go to.\r\n'