Fifty-eight
walkers turned out for the 18th annual Fran Delisle Breast Cancer
Awareness Walk-A-Thon on Saturday, June 8.
The 8-mile walk started
at the Chilkoot Trail Outpost, taking walkers from Dyea to Skagway.
The walkathon
raised just over $7000 for research, mammograms and early detection.
The top six
walkers brought in $5000.
“As a breast
cancer survivor, I think it’s important to get their screenings early,” Cindy Vonhalle
said.
Vonhalle moved
back to Skagway last summer after having surgery and receiving treatment and
has been in remission ever since.
“I would have
been better if I had had an early detection,” Vanhalle said.
The money raised
stays in Skagway and is used for both and men and women.
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