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2008 Walk to Empower Where: City Park, Denver, CO When: Mother's Day--Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Time: 9:00 a.m. Make this Mother’s Day truly extraordinary by participating in the Y-ME’s 2008 Walk to Empower and help ensure that no one faces breast cancer alone. With Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization celebrating 30 years of working toward their mission to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone, the Rocky Mountain Affiliate is hosting its third annual Walk to Empower. The 2008 Walk to Empower will begin in Denver’s City Park at 9 a.m. This year, the Walk to Empower will be celebrated in 15 cities nationwide, including Denver. There is no registration fee; however participants are encourage d to set a minimum fundraising goal of $100. We have a goal to raise $175,000 to help ensure that no one in Colorado faces breast cancer alone. The Rocky Mountain Affiliate was founded in 2003 to serve women and men in Colorado whose worlds have turned upside down because of breast cancer. It offers support groups for individuals touched by breast cancer throughout Colorado including the Denver metro area, Fort Collins, Boulder, Longmont, and Colorado Springs. In 2007, more than 2,000 individuals and their families benefited from Y-ME Rocky Mountain Affiliate’s programs and services. Y-ME plans to expand their services to include other communities throughout Colorado in the coming year. The funds raised for the Walk to Empower help Y-ME continue to provide essential programs and services today for those who can’t wait for tomorrow’s cure. Y-ME Rocky Mountain Affiliate provides support groups, breast health awareness workshops, Open Door educational programs, outreach, wigs and prostheses for women and men with limited resources, and advocacy. Y-ME has the only 24/7 hotline staffed by trained peer counselors who are breast cancer survivors and takes more than 40,000 calls a year. Y-ME counselors do not give medical advice, but gives emotional support and information about breast cancer, procedures and treatment options. Hotline calls are interpreted in 150 languages. Sheri Clark is the executive director of Y-ME Rocky Mountain Affiliate and began working with Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization in June of 2007. She has re-established the Affiliate by recruiting a diverse board of directors, fundraising and building relationships in the community. Sheri joins Y-ME with extensive background in the non-profit sector. She has more than 20 years of non profit experience working at Girl Scouts – Mile Hi Council and serving as executive director of the LISTEN Foundation. To register, or to find out more information visit (http://denverwalk.y-me.org) or call 303-300-5158. For breast cancer support of information including publications and newsletters, visit www.y-me.org or call the 1-800-221-2141 (English) or 1-800-986-9505 (Spanish)