Another Successful Year Making Strides!

On Sunday, October 21, over 10,000 people gathered at the New Overpeck Park in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey to Make Strides Against Breast Cancer!  Out of the thousands of individuals, my team, Team Lori Ann, gathered once again to walk proud and fight for a cure!

 

 

The weather was absolutely perfect, the crowd was smiling and there was practically a sea of pink spread over the park! 

 

My mom, sister and I dancing! 

 

Each year, in honor of my Aunt Lori, who passed from Breast Cancer in 2006, my family and close friends have gathered since 2007, and raised thousands of dollars for Breast Cancer Awareness.  It has been amazing to see so many come together, all have been touched by Breast Cancer, to walk, to support and to find hope! The day of the walk is bittersweet as individuals share their stories yet providing inspriation to all.

 

 My sister and a few of her childhood friends fighting for a cure!

 

This year was a little different and instead of the survivors leading the crowd, they paraded on the path and was cheered on my other walkers!  In the parade was my mother-in-law, Nancy, who was proudly marching, Breast Cancer free for 10 years!  As I looked across the crowd at my husband who was filled with joy to see his mother walk in that line, I was reminded once again, why we do this every year!

 

 

My mother-in-law (center with pink balloons) celebrating

her 10 years cancer free!

 

Hopefully one day, these walks will be obsolete because when that happens, it means that after all these years, we have found a cure!

 

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please visit our Official Team Page!

 

Team Lori Ann 2007

Team Lori Ann 2008

 

Team Lori Ann 2009

(In 2009, we had a Nor'easter! It was amazing to see people still show up show their support no matter how bad it was! Let me explain this photo a bit. My mother {left} broke her leg a few weeks prior to the walk, so we had to wheel her around...up hill...in the mud...it was interesting LOL)

Team Lori Ann 2010

Team Lori Ann 2011

 

Team Lori Ann 2012

 

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