Area ladies walking to cure breast cancer

By Michael Carter

Enter­prise Editor

clydenews@bizwoh.rr.com

Two local women, Celinda Ger­hard­stein, of Repub­lic, and Carol Carter, of Clyde, are rais­ing money so they can take part in the 3-Day Walk For a Cure for breast can­cer this Octo­ber in Wash­ing­ton D.C.

The Walk For a Cure pro­gram raises funds for breast can­cer research. Breast Can­cer affects one in every eight woman.

“I was 16 years old when I lost my mom to breast can­cer,” Carter shared. “I had my own scare with it in 2011, and this has pushed me to take part in this walk.”

Carter has been walk­ing 6 miles and swim­ming 25 laps a night at the Tif­fin YMCA to pre­pare for the event.

The Walk For a Cure is a three-day walk cov­er­ing 60 miles. “We will walk 20 miles a day,” accord­ing to Carter. “There are lit­tle tent cities with pink tents set up at each check point along the way,” she added.

“They have activ­i­ties for us to do at night, like danc­ing, and have promised us hot show­ers each night,” she con­tin­ued. “I am not sure how much danc­ing I’ll be doing after walk­ing 20 miles, but I plan on keep­ing them to their hot shower promise.”

Carter, who loves to walk, was seek­ing a part­ner to keep her moti­vated and to walk with in D.C.

“I was talk­ing about it at Whirlpool (Cor­po­ra­tion) one day, and Celinda heard me, and said she would do it,” said Carter.

“I’m not sure I totally under­stood what I was get­ting into,” Ger­hard­stein admit­ted. “But I was excited to be a part of such an impor­tant event.”

Gerhardstein’s mother was also affected by the dis­ease when they found pre-cancerous cells in her breasts. Her mother would later have a dou­ble mastectomy.

Both women need to raise $2,300 in order to par­tic­i­pate in the walk. “We are try­ing our best to come up with ideas on how to raise the money,” Ger­hard­stein said.

“We are going to have a fund raiser in con­nec­tion with Plaza Lanes in April,” Carter added.

Those inter­ested in donat­ing money to assist the women or about the bowl­ing fund raiser may con­tact Ger­hard­stein at 419–618-8453 or Carter at 419–217-3412.

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