This Saturday!  Last chance for discounted tickets!

Saturday, October, 24th - Havenstock Associates presents "Havenstock 2009" - an outdoor Music Festival featuring:  Blue Monday, The Pursey Kern's Band, Tim Hall & Friends, and Jarrid Cable.  This event is on the green next to Dirty Martini, Cornelius, NC.  For more information please click here.

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Charlotte

YOU DID IT!  Because of YOU, we exceeded our goal and had over 4,000 walkers that raised over $263,000.

• Please mail any remaining donations to:  American Cancer Society, 6000 Fairview Road, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC  28210.  Be sure to indicate the donations are for "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" and don't forget to include your team name.
• A special thank you goes out to over 240 teams, as well as our incredible flagship sponsors: University of Phoenix (Presenting Flagship), Blackpest Prevention, Coldwell Banker and Edifice.  We'd also like to thank our media sponors:  WSOC-TV, Kiss 95.1, K104.7 and V101.9.  And without SouthPark Mall, our Strides event would not have such a beautiful home.  Thank you to everyone for your support!
• Thank you to the hundreds of survivors that joined us.  We're so gald you could attend our birthday party in your honor!  The American Cancer Society is "The Official Sponsor of Birthdays"... we're saving live and creating more birthdays by helping you Stay Well, Get Well, by Finding Cures and by Fighting Back.

Please enjoy pictures from the event- click here  - If you order pictures 40% of the proceeds will benefit the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Event in Charlotte.

Make sure and check out our Upcoming Events  

• October, 24th - Havenstock Associates presents "Havenstock 2009" - an outdoor Music Festival featuring:  Blue Monday, The Pursey Kern's Band, Tim Hall & Friends, and Jarrid Cable.  This event is on the green next to Dirty Martini, Cornelius, NC.  For more information please click here.  
• October, 26 - The Leigh S. Mallon Memorial Benefit.  Coldwell Banker United Realtors is hosting this fund-raiser at the Arboretum.  For more information about this event please email Leslie Salls at lsalls1@carolina.rr.com.                 

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 15th, we hope you'll lend your support to the American Cancer Society. Learn More

What is Making Strides? Making Strides events are noncompetitive walks ranging in distance from 3 to 5 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. Making Strides events have 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. Learn More

 Make sure to check out our Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Fundraisers