Annual cancer walk held June 7
by Paul J. Macrie IV
Gazette Staff Writer
HaMMONtON—On June 7,
the Hammonton Cancer foundation held its Second annual “Walk
for Our Neighbors” cancer walk
event called at the Hammonton
Middle School. for the past several years, the event has helped
raise funds to help area cancer patients with expenses. it was originally
organized
by
the
Hammonton Lions.
Groups of people came out to
support the great cause on a beautiful Saturday morning. there
were groups that were representing cancer patients, survivors, or
one’s that lost their lives to the battle. according to Hammonton
(609) 561-1616
Cancer foundation President Dave
Mauriello, the foundation has
raised and donated more than
$100,000 to benefit local patient
cancers survivors. Last year, the
foundation raised $18,000 for the
cancer walk event.
Kim forsman was walking with
her daughter, Victoria and husband, Pentti at the event. forsman
survived her bout with cancer 14
years ago.
“this is my second year walking at the event. i think it shows
support for the people in Hammonton who have had cancer, and
it think it is a fantastic event. it
brings everyone together,” forsman said.
ann Monapella participated in
the cancer walk event for the first
time. She found out about the
cause from her daughter who goes
to Hammonton Middle School.
“My daughter wanted to do it so
i said ‘let’s do it.’ this event helps
with the research and cure for cancer, and for those that have survived cancer. anytime we can
support the community we will,”
Monapella said.
the Corson family, Bob, Peggy
and Kristin were walking together
to support the effort as well. it was
Bob and Peggy’s first time, but
their daughter, Kristin, has been
involved since it started three
years ago.
“We couldn’t ask for better
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fight cancer and help people that
have it is a good thing,” Bob Corson said.
this year’s event featured the
dunk tank again. Mauriello, along
with frank italiano served as the
dunk victims, as there were plenty
of volunteers to put the two in the
water-filled tank. there were other
sources of entertainment such as
face painting for kids. Student volunteers from St. augustine Prep
and Hammonton High School also
helped out at the event. refreshments and snacks were provided in
the front of the middle school track
area, and all the money raised will
be donated to the South Jersey
Cancer fund.
Mauriello was satisfied with the
two-hour event. He said they had
almost 300 pre-registrations, and
was pleased with the amount of
people supporting the cause.
“Our goal is to get more student-
age population involved to get
them more active in the community. the adults are always very
supportive of what we do, especially with the multiple organizations that support it. Our objective
is to get more kids involved in
hopes of over the next 10 to 15
years they will continue to stay involved with the cause,” Mauriello
said.
it was a picture-perfect, latespring weather day, and Mauriello
was thankful for it. He enjoyed
being the dunk tank target and has
been very happy with the money
the foundation has been able to
raise as well.
“We are very pleased with that.
the community has been very
supportive. We’d like to have a
day where there are 500-600 walkers to really, really bolster what
our cause is. Other than that, the
community is always supportive in
what we do,” Mauriello said.
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