'Keep Abreast' Run to Raise Thousands for Local Breast Cancer Foundation

Run for a cause and help support breast cancer patients at the HERS Breast Cancer Foundation’s Keep Abreast run next weekend.

To be held Saturday, Sept. 29 at Quarry Lakes, the 13th annual event is a fundraiser for the Fremont-based foundation, which supports women who are healing from breast cancer by providing post-surgical services and products such as bras, prosthetics and wigs.

“Our goal is to empower and care for each client as a whole person,” the HERS website states.

The organization has also received recent national attention thanks to the efforts of two men who are riding from Alaska to South America, route: {:controller=>"blog_posts", :action=>"show", :id=>"cycling-for-a-cause-our-journey-from-alaska-to-south-america-for-hers-breast-cancer-foundation"} --> to raise money for HERS. The mother of one of the riders, Neil Walsky, is a breast cancer survivor. (Read