'This is for you mom.' On a rainy chilly Mother’s Day, the weather didn’t dampen the spirit of hundreds of people embarking on the Susan G. Komen More Than Pink Walk. NatashaCBS3 reports.
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“Just a camaraderie, it’s like you know everybody,” Thomasina Fryer, a survivor, said. “Everybody has been going through the same struggle, so you just congratulating everybody, praying for everybody who’s still going through it and living with it, and it’s just a reunion.” For the first time in two years, the walk is back to being the in-person event it’s meant to be with a sea of pink illuminating the crowd.
Also for the first time, Parx Casino in Bensalem hosted the event with walkers doing one, two or three laps around the horse track. I had the pleasure of kicking off the ceremony.For many, this is a family affair – a celebration of life after a battle with a disease that could well have ended theirs.
This year, thousands of dollars has been raised to support breast cancer research and provide resources to those in need.“Actually used to do it all of the time with my mother who was a survivor, she’s actually since passed,” Lesai Ivery, of Mt. Airy said. “So a group of us decided to come back. A few of them was like, ‘No thank you, can’t make it.’ But I said I’m going to keep going, so just going to restart it back up and keep going, so this is for you mom, love you.
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