Annual Gift For Life Block Walk®

Why Walk the Walk

• Promote Awareness
• Help survivors canvass door to door
  to educate about breast cancer
• Attend Healthy Lifestyle Advocacy Fair
• Take classes
• Enjoy meal and volunteer gift

During the Gift for Life Block Walk®, breast cancer survivors are honored as they show the community hope, courage, strength and victory over breast cancer.

Volunteer survivors, including Sisters Network® Inc. members, are paired up with other volunteer supporters to canvass a small assigned neighborhood area. Breast health and other materials are delivered door-to-door along with breast self awareness teaching. This year’s contact will concentrate on the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center neighborhood. Parklawn Y families will participate to recognize our breast cancer awareness call to action and education in their neighborhood.

All community participants and volunteers are invited back to the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center for refreshments, entertainment, healthy living workshops, and vendors. Breast cancer survivors are treated to “survivor suite” fellowship and surprises.

This free breast cancer awareness month event provides vital culturally sensitive education to African American and Latina men and women. Everyone is welcome.

Our Goals

• Educating the community on breast cancer risk factors
  and best breast self awareness practices
• Promoting early screening and detection to save lives
• Bringing attention to disparities in diagnosis, treatment,
  and the death rate of African American women including
  the fact that African American have the highest death rate
  of all racial and ethnic groups
• Decreasing the number of African American women
  diagnosed with late stage breast cancer
• Imploring women of all ages to check their breast regularly
  and report changes because young African American women develop more aggressive forms of breast cancer and have poorer treatment outcomes

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