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Campbell-Dickinson a way to support local cancer patients

It will be a busy day Saturday in the Gem City, when the eighth-annual Campbell-Dickinson Fun Run, Bike and Walk events get under way.

Participants can help Ohio Valley residents fighting cancer, with proceeds benefiting Trinity Health System’s Tony Teramana Cancer Center Emergency Assistance Relief Fund.

This year’s program includes events in which participants can run, walk or bike, and there’s the children’s race dedicated to the memory of the late Noah Long, who had leukemia.

Everyone has been touched by cancer, it seems, in one way or another. And thankfully, the T.E.A.R. fund gives some relief to those suffering and their families by providing transportation assistance, nutritional supplements, medicine and equipment for cancer patients.

The bike, walk and run events have brought in more than $120,000 during the past five years for the T.E.A.R. Fund, benefiting more than 1,600 patients in the Tri-State Area. And proceeds from this year’s events also will benefit the family of Toronto resident Karen McAdoo.

Many people see their savings drained once they have been diagnosed with cancer, so having the emergency assistance relief fund available at the Teramana Cancer Center is a blessing for those in dire financial straits.

As always, the organizers of the Campbell-Dickinson Bike, Walk and Run should be commended for making the event such a success year after year. They plan for several months to make sure everything goes well.

The St. Baldrick’s head shaving, as part of the event, has had no trouble in getting volunteers to have their hair buzzed off in front of hundreds of onlookers. The volunteers gather pledges to raise money for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which has provided more than $13.5 million in grants since 2005.

Participants should head to the TEMS headquarters, 201 S. Fourth St., the location where each race will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The run and walk, which are 3.1 miles, will start at the corner of Henry and South Third streets, according to organizers.

And participants are encouraged to dress in green, including accessories such as hats and face paint, since the day is centered around St. Patrick’s Day.

Plan to take part in these festivities Saturday in Toronto. Even if you don’t run or walk or get your head shaved, the show of support will mean a lot to those battling cancer and for those who are trying to make the fight a little easier.

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