MIAMI — Preparations are underway for the hundreds of individuals predicted this weekend to attend the Susan G. Komen More than Pink Wander.
Organizers explained countless numbers of individuals are expected to pack Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah for the function, which kicks off Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
This is the second 12 months the 2.1 mile wander will be held in Hialeah.
With 550 acres at the web site the place the function will be held, there is lots of parking and lakes to offer you a cool breeze for what’s predicted to be a warm day.
In accordance to officers, the money that will be elevated locally will stay in South Florida to guide gals who are battling breast most cancers.
“I have a lot of ladies in my existence,” mentioned Sergio Mendoza, the event chairman. “I have a daughter who’s 8 decades aged. And I experience like I really don’t have a alternative but to do anything about it.”
In 2017, Mendoza had just missing his wife to breast most cancers.
And this calendar year he is serving as the South Florida Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Community stroll chairman.
“I missing my spouse Sarah to metastatic breast most cancers in 2017,” he mentioned. “And the truth is I you should not want to shed any individual else.”
His purpose is to raise $600,000 and he states he is nicely on his way.
“Proper now we’re at about $450,000, which is a substantial quantity of affect for giving accessibility to products and services so that girls can get their early breast most cancers analysis, which appreciably will increase their chance of survival,” Mendoza claimed.
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