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2009 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Providence, RI

Thank you for Making Strides with us!

12,000 walkers raised $900,000 for the fight against breast cancer!

Read how your donations are making a difference in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Help Us Reach Our $1 Million Goal by continuing to fundraise and submitting matching gifts.

Mail in your donations or make a dontation online! This website will be up through the spring. Checks should be made out the American Cancer Society, and when mailing checks in- please include your name and team name. You can mail or dropp off your donations at:

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
American Cancer Society
931 Jefferson Blvd, Suite 3004
Warwick, RI 02886

Double Your Donations!

If each Providence Making Strides Against Breast Cancer participant got just one of their $10 donations matched, we'd raise an extra $120,000 to help fight breast cancer. That would help us reach our $1 million goal!

It's quick. It's easy. It's important. Click here to search a list of companies that match gifts. You can also check with your HR department today and ask the people who supported you to do the same! Either email us at strides_providence@cancer.org or fax a copy of your forms to us at 401-421-0535 and include your name and team name, and we'll be sure you get credit for the matching gift! It's that easy!

Get Your Providence Making Strides T-shirt today!

We have a limited stock of t-shirts available to order now! To place an order send an email to strides_providence@cancer.org with the number of shirts and sizes you would like to order.

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Strides Team Photos Available

Purchase a team photo or an event photo at PNLucas Photography.

Whether you visited the team photo area or had a candid shot taken of you and your team, proceeds from the photos purchased from this website will benefit the Providence Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Check out the amazing event photos today!

Team of the Week!

More Determined Than Ever

More than 12,000 walkers were in attendance at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Providence, and The American Cancer Society raised more than $900,000! 90 cents of every dollar supports breast cancer research, advocacy, education, and services. To view pictures of the walk or for additional information, please visit the Providence Making Strides Against Breast Cancer website.

Cat Country would like to help the American Cancer Society reach its goal of $1 Million dollars raised for the 2009 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk. Anyone that pledges an online donation to our Cat Country team by Sunday, November 8th is eligible to win an autographed Epiphone acoustic guitar signed by each member of Little Big Town! The guitar alone is valued at more than $125...but with the autographs, it's priceless! Please click here to donate today. A winner will be chosen and contacted on Monday, November 9th.

Thank you for your continued support!

Cat Country challenged their listeners to support them after the walk to help us reach our $1 million goal. Anyone who supported them with an online donation would be entered to win an autographed Epiphone acoustic guitar signed by each member of Little Big Town! The guitar alone is valued at more than $125...but with the autographs, it's priceless!

Please join Cat Country and challenge your team and supporters to help us go the distance and meet our $1 million goal.

You walk for a reason

Your involvement with Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is as unique and special as the story that motivates you. Each step you take is personal. And each step is helping to save lives. More than a walk, the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer describes the progress we’re making together to fight this disease, provide comfort and hope, and save lives from breast cancer.

Thanks to you, and the many others who participate and donate to Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, we are able to make a difference, make history, and make strides.

Whether this is your first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event or your 14th, we hope you'll lend your support to the American Cancer Society.

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What is Making Strides?

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The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Providence, RI is 1 of 21 such events happening in New England in October.

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Location: Roger Williams Park, Temple to Music, Elmwood Avenue, Providence
Registration opens:  7:30 a.m.
Rolling start: 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Walk length: 3.2 miles

The event unites people of all ages with a common goal to fight breast cancer and save lives. Chances are, you’ve been affected by breast cancer in some way, and Making Strides gives you the power to fight back and make a difference. In fact, the American Cancer Society has invested $388 million nationwide in breast cancer research since 1971!

This noncompetitive walk has no registration fee and no fundraising minimum. We’ve provided fun and easy-to-use online tools that allow you to personalize your experience. Whether you upload a photo, tell your story, or add your fundraising thermometer to your Facebook page, you can make this experience your own and share with others your reason for making strides.

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