More than 400 make strides against breast cancer in Canfield

Staff report

Canfield

Heather Gollan, Tammy Sevey, Christine Sell and Dawn Henderson have two things in common: Each has suffered from breast cancer. Each is cancer-free.

The four were among more than 400 people at the Canfield Fairgrounds on Sunday morning for the annual Tri-County Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk — a 3-mile trek from the fairgrounds to the Canfield Bike Trail and downtown Canfield.

Breast-cancer survivors wore a pink sash with “Survivor” on it and a sticker showing how many years they have been cancer-free. It has been eight years for Gollan, a 43-year-old Austintown resident who organized this year’s walk.

“I was bound and determined to beat this,” said Gollan, mother of a 9-year-old boy. “Nobody else is going to raise my son.”

“You are here and you give us hope,” said WHOT-FM’s Kelly Stevens in remarks to the cheering group before it embarked on the walk.

Gollan said about 35 teams registered and at least 30 cancer survivors were among the participants. “This is strictly for awareness today,” she said.

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