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'Keep Abreast' Run to Raise Thousands for Local Breast Cancer Foundation
The 5k/10k run will be held at Quarry Lakes in Fremont on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Run for a cause and help support breast cancer patients at the HERS Breast Cancer Foundationβs 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.
βOur goal is to empower and care for each client as a whole person,β the HERS website states.
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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
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