聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 On Saturday, Sept. 30, a group of 19 enthusiastic people came together to take part in what has become a community tradition.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Breast Cancer Walk & Banquet is held each year in Kipling. Joanne O'Sullivan has helped to organize the event since it began. She says that it came out of a desire to stand together with cancer survivors in the fight against this disease.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here have been so many cases of people having to deal with cancer in this area. We wanted to come up with a way of raising money that we could donate directly to cancer research.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 She notes that anybody is welcome to come and take part in the event, whether they have been impacted directly by cancer or not.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he event is open to anybody that would like to take part whether they are survivors, family, friends, or somebody that would just like to help. It's really a way for the whole community to get involved.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Following the walk, approximately 50 people attended a banquet; featuring entertainment by Windthorst's 'Hints of Harmony'. Joanne pointed out that all of those associated with this event are thankful for the tremendous volunteer effort that they receive.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭he meal that the volunteers serve up for this banquet is always wonderful. And 'Hints of Harmony' were great! It was members of the Kipling Legion Ladies Auxiliary along with some other volunteers that came out and helped with the meal. It means a lot of work for them. It would actually be really nice to see some more people getting involved with either the Legion or the Ladies Auxiliary. But the people that we do have there do a terrific job.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Funds raised from the event will be donated to cancer research.
