October 20, 2002: American Cancer Society's 1st Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. This event was held in downtown Baltimore with the starting point being Inner Harbor East, near the Marriott Waterfront Hotel. 2500 participants joined this effort for the purpose of raising money to support breast cancer initiatives funded by the American Cancer Society. $250,000 was raised which is terrific news! Lillie Shockney, our director of education and outreach, served as a "survivor champion" and spoke at the ACS kick off breakfast in September to inspire lots of local businesses to sponsor this event. She also visited local businesses in Baltimore and the metro area for breakfast meetings, luncheons and employee gatherings to educate them about breast cancer as well as promote team involvement for this event.

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 Beat Army! - The Naval Academy had a team there to support this wonderful event. They were creative in their t-shirt design!
 Betsy Wells from our survivor volunteer team who has recently completed her treatment for ovarian cancer (Go Betsy!) and Lillie Shockney, our Director of Education and Outreach for the Breast Center
 Lillie Shockney preparing to give a brief speech at the podium prior to the walk starting. She was introduced by the weekend news anchorwoman from Fox 45 Television.