What is CARE Walk?

...and what do we stand for?

Over the years, the CARE Walk team has raised more than $100,000 in the fight against cancer. Besides the annual CARE Walk, they have also participated in other fundraising events, including the Susan G. Komen 3-Days (60-mile walks) in Atlanta, Chicago, and Detroit, and the American Cancer Society’s 24-hour Relays for Life and the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer annual five-mile walks.

One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the Breast Cancer 5K CARE Walk go directly to the underserved and uninsured right here in the Miami Valley. We are completely volunteer-driven to get the most out of the money we collect.

Our CARE Walk team believes children should grow up in a world without breast cancer. Our hopes are fourfold: Cure for breast cancer; Access to mammograms, treatments, and support groups for families of all income levels; Research to prevent and stop the progress of breast cancer; and Education to spread the word about this silent disease that affects 1 in 8 women.

CARE Walk attracts all sorts of people: young, old, big, small, male, female, students, parents, teachers, coaches, etc. We are very indebted to all of these walkers and to our volunteer base of service groups, such as Oakwood High School’s Oakwood Giving, various church youth groups, local boy and girl scouts, and the City Safety Department. We would sincerely like to thank our sponsors and prize donors without whom the continued growing success of this walk would not be possible.