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Avon Walk for Breast Cancer 2008
July 12-13, 2008
Over 60 Project Open Hand staff members and volunteers were out in full force to cheer on over 3,000 walkers for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on July 12th and 13th. Walkers from all around the country gathered in San Francisco to walk 39.3 miles over the course of the weekend and raised over $7.4 million dollars to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer.
Project Open Hand cheer teams were stationed at 9 different stops along the route and passed out Project Open Hand stickers, scrumptious chocolate chip cookies baked in our own kitchen and invited walkers to write a message on our banner that will be displayed in our offices throughout the year. Here are some images from the event. Click on any image for a larger version.
Here are some images from the event. Click on any image for a larger version.
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Daisy Moreno, POH staff member and Avon Walk for Breast Cancer participant, takes a quick break at the Fort Scott cheer station with Tom Nolan, POH Executive Director and Bob Brenneman, POH Director of Marketing and Development. |
Special Events and Marketing Intern Emily Hazlett handing out candy to walkers at the Mill Valley cheer station |
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Tom Nolan, Executive Director of POH, passing out cookies to the oncoming walkers. |
Staff members, Susan Caravan and Kate Peltier preparing to give out POH stickers to the walkers at the Dunphy Park cheer station in Sausalito. |
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Den Tucker, POH Breast Cancer Services Coordinator and Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Tent Crew Team Leader, is busy organizing participants’ equipment. |
The POH Crissy Field Cheer Team encouraging the walkers at the finish line. |
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Carolyn Rauch, Annie Wong and Kathy Guerrero cheering on walkers
at the San Francisco Design Center.
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POH Staffer Grace Wong and volunteers cheering on walkers at the Conservatory of Flowers. |
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Avon walkers proudly sign the POH Banner that will be displayed throughout the year at Project Open Hand. |
Dr. Marc Hurlbert, Avon Foundation Senior Consultant, Grants & Partnerships, Tom Nolan, POH Executive Director, Den Tucker, POH Breast Cancer Services Coordinator and Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Tent Crew Team Leader and Lori Wong, POH Client and her daughter accepting Project Open Hand’s $225,000 check. |
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