EVENTS: Registration is open for Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital’s 31st Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk

Save the date for Saturday, October 18, for Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital’s 31st annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk. Registration is open and the event is available to all ages. Proceeds from the walk will support mammograms, equipment, or other service needs to enhance the care provided at Northern Light Women’s Health in Pittsfield.

The walk will begin at Maine Central Institute’s (MCI) Wright Gymnasium on the MCI campus, in Pittsfield, rain or shine. Participants may join a team or register as individuals and are encouraged to help raise funds by collecting pledges for their walk. Businesses are invited to organize company teams and challenge other businesses.

“If not for the funds raised by this walk, many patients would not have received their mammogram. For some of these patients, breast cancer was diagnosed. However, due to early detection, these women have a good prognosis thanks to everyone who donated to this event,” shares Jen Castonguay, director of Ancillary Services and coordinator of the event for 20 years. Castonguay adds, “Patients can conveniently schedule their screening mammogram online at northernlighthealth.org/Sebasticook at a time that works for them. We also offer walk-in options Monday through Friday, 8 am to 2 pm.”

Registration for the walk is $20 and can be completed online at northernlighthealth.org/SVHWalk, by downloading and printing registration and pledge forms, or picking them up at the Women’s Health Center. You can bring your registration form and pledge funds raised to the event or drop them off at the Women’s Health Center attached to the Hospital. Participants who attend the community walk on October 18 will receive a gift as a thank you for participating.

For more information about the event, visit northernlighthealth.org/SVHWalk, contact the Women’s Health Center at 207.487.4036, or follow on Facebook.