Successful Comeback Day for Making Strides of Central PA

With its first live event since 2019, the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Pennsylvania attracted some 300 participants who walked, danced, celebrated life and honored survivors on Sunday, October 10, 2021, at Peoples' Natural Gas Field in Altoona.

Led by this year's Survivor Ambassadors Jim Daversa and Helen Silveira, participants of every age joined in the walk, which wound through Lakemont Park, continued along Park Avenue and ended with a trip around the ballpark's outfield.

With donations still being totaled, MSABC already has raised over $29,000 toward its $35,000 fundraising goal. Donations are being accepted until the end of the year.

"The energy and enthusiasm were incredible, and we are grateful to every volunteer, donor and team," said Rabbi Audrey Korotkin, co-chair of the Making Strides volunteer event committee and herself a 22-year breast-cancer survivor. "It's crucial for anyone who has been diagnosed or is undergoing treatment that they know they are supported by their community."