STRIDES Strides To Beat Cancer
If I was on the Norwegian Nobel committee, I would have voted for the American Cancer Society (ACS) to win the Nobel in 2009. With all the lousy news this year, who better to win the prize than the organization that gives more piece of mind to others than anyone else?
Good thing ACS doesn’t need to win the Nobel to win. October is the official month for their annual STRIDES event. All over the USA in towns large and small, ACS has team captains, corporate sponsors, cancer survivors, radio and TV stations, and anyone else they can gather to gather and take part in the five mile walk to raise money (there is a one mile route for those that need a short cut).
TNG is proud not only to be a national sponsor, but also the biggest fundraiser as well. Our event takes place tomorrow morning in downtown Detroit on the lovely but windy and cold island of Belle Isle. Some 10,000 supporters will be there to celebrate life and to help make a difference so cancer patients and survivors can celebrate life for years to come. ACS now provides an endless supply of birthday candles to its survivors and the good news: every year they hand out more and more candles.
You can check the STRIDES schedule at cancer.org if you are so inclined to wake up early and support ACS. TNG will be down around 8:00AM and if you have never been to a STRIDES event or on Belle Isle, this is a perfect opportunity to do both and support a great cause.
I hope to see you there!
Happy Friday!
October 9th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I love the strides walk and wish I could make it out but have to work the store. If we closed the stores we could all attend STRIDES! What do you think?
October 9th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Yes….I wish I could go too…..But have to work…..
October 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
We totally agree! We used to always close the stores…but I guess some people started taking advantage of it. But for the employees that really want to walk… they should be able to! If someone didn’t want to walk then they could work if they wanted. It should be optional or something! Everyone would like to go to the Strides walk!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I’m working tomorrow too. Have fun peeps!
October 12th, 2009 at 7:48 am
It is sad that everyone couldn’t be there. It was a beautiful day for the walk!! The only down fall was on the way home we were driving on Woodward because of all the construction on I-75 and were right in the midst of the Pawn Shop heist. They had Woodward closed right there in Highland Park and re-routing everyone through the neighborhood with Police blocking off all the side streets along with two blocks of Woodward. That was a little freaky, we didn’t know what was going on until we saw the news that night.