ShopRite held it’s first Glow Walk to support raising awareness of breast cancer in October. In total they raised 500 dollars that will be donated to the foundation called Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer.
The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is about 1 in 8. The chance of dying from breast cancer is about 1 in 36. Breast cancer death rates have been going down. This is probably the result of finding the cancer earlier and better treatment. Right now there are more than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors in the United States.
The event was a huge success and all had a great time. ShopRite plans on making this a yearly tradition!
