I did the walk in 2007 in memory of my aunt that passed away of pancreatic cancer earlier that year. This year I'm doing it because my dad just got diagnosed with a rare aggressive prostate cancer about 4 days ago. I always wanted to do something but these reasons gave me the extra push to do something about it.

Cancer runs on both sides of my family. When I was 12 years old my 30-something year old cousin died of cancer and this is the first time that I can remember that I saw a life waste away from anything. I just counted a list of 15 family members of mine off the top of my head that had a form of cancer. SO... I want to help others and help myself sine there is a chance of me getting cancer when I'm older.

Hopefully these walks will do good for present and future generations.