| It seems that as time goes on, there will be more | | | | many 5k road races that are run in various cities and |
| and more of us who come across someone, whether | | | | states around the country. Perhaps you've lost |
| it is a relative or a close friend, who will be diagnosed | | | | someone you cared about to cancer and want to |
| with cancer. And while a cancer diagnosis can seem | | | | start a 5k or some other fund raising event in honor |
| devastating at the time, it does not have to be a life | | | | of that person. If this is the case, it is usually not too |
| sentence or a death sentence. In fact, there has | | | | difficult to find out the pertinent information that you |
| been an innumerable amount of research conducted | | | | will need simply by seeking out a local official in your |
| on the area of cancer as well as several cures found | | | | town or on a board of directors. |
| for varying types of cancer. | | | | Every day that passes is another day that we get a |
| If you know someone who has been diagnosed with | | | | little closer to finding a cure for many other types of |
| cancer and you want to do something to help them, | | | | cancer. And it is the hope of many that one day, |
| luckily, it doesn't have to cost you a ton of money in | | | | there will be a cure for any and all types of cancer |
| order to make a difference. Something as small as | | | | so that no one will have to suffer the effects of this |
| buying a purple or pink fund raising bow or a pink | | | | debilitating disease. On another note, there are other |
| breast cancer bracelet will only cost you | | | | diseases that afflict many of our loved ones that do |
| approximately $3, but will mean the world to | | | | have cures which we control. For starters, diabetes |
| someone who is suffering from cancer. The true | | | | and heart disease are often highly preventable by |
| impact comes as the result of multiple people making | | | | monitoring your diet and making sure that you |
| small purchases like these. | | | | maintain some sort of an exercise regimen. If we all |
| On a bigger scale, people can donate to the cause by | | | | do our parts to encourage healthy habits, then |
| getting involved in various fund-raising events | | | | perhaps we can deter certain diseases from ever |
| specifically geared towards raising money for cancer | | | | occurring. |
| research. A great example of this can be seen in | | | | |