Breast Cancer Walk

On Sunday October 18, in order to fulfill my community awareness
workshop I volunteered for the Make Strides to Find a Cure for Breast
Cancer Walk in Central Park. I signed up to be a route marshall which
meant I had to stand along the route and point people in the right
direction. The 5 mile walk began at 9 o clock. Although it was freezing
cold outside and it was raining throughout the day, the walk still
proceeded and many people showed up. My friends and I were dropped of at
our location at eight. We decided that in order to cheer people up and
keep them enthused to keep walking we will cheer for them and shout
motivational phrases such as: “Walk that walk!” and “You wear that
pink!”. For the most part, the walkers were very nice and joined in on
our cheering and gave us high fives. However, there were some people
that made rude comments saying that what we were doing didn’t count for
anything. Despite that, I can say that I enjoyed being somehow involved
in the walk. Meeting so many people, especially the cancer survivors
made me happy to know that there are a lot of caring people in the
world. Since last year my aunt died from breast cancer, it made me feel
better. Although it was too late to save her life, I helped contribute
to the possibility of saving another life.