Walk & Roll meeting set Tuesday in Elgin
From Staff Reports February 20, 2012 1:34PM
Participants ride bicycles in a previous Walk&Roll event held to benefit the American Cancer Society. There will be an organizational meeting for the Kane County event on Tuesday at the Elgin Public House. | Sun-Times Media File Photo
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Updated: March 23, 2012 8:02AM
Friends, neighbors and cancer survivors will gather from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at Elgin Public House, 219 E. Chicago St., Elgin, to kick off the 2012 Fox Valley American Cancer Society’s Walk & Roll.
Anyone who wishes to form a team, volunteer to help with planning the event or wants to hear more about this year’s highlights is encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Walk & Roll is a community event in which participants can choose from a five-mile walk, 10-mile in-line skate or a 15-mile bike ride. Teams of friends, families and co-workers come together to fight cancer and raise funds prior to the event, often to commemorate friends and family who have lost their lives to cancer or honor those who currently struggle with the disease.
This year, the Society hopes to attract more than 10,000 participants and raise $1 million statewide to help people stay well and get well, to fund and find new cures, and to rally people to fight back.
The 2012 Fox Valley Walk & Roll event will be held on Saturday, May 5, at Festival Park in downtown Elgin.
For more information, contact the American Cancer Society at 630-879-9009 or visit www.walkroll.org.
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