CANCER FUND-RAISER DRAWS 35,000.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. At least 35,000 people walked, ran and grooved to music Saturday in a turnout to raise money for research on breast and ovarian cancers. Candace Bergen of television's ``Murphy Brown'' and supermodel Cindy Crawford For the porn star of the same name, see . Cynthia Ann Crawford (born February 20, 1966, in Dekalb, Illinois) is an American supermodel, MTV television personality, celebrity endorser, cover girl, and actress. showed up for the cause. Chicago treated the marchers and runners to a concert after they crossed the finish line. Despite the festive mood, the cause was serious Saturday in the fourth annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women. Walkers and runners carried signs bearing the names of cancer survivors Cancer survivors are those individuals with cancer of any type, current or past, who are still living. The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) pioneered the definition of survivor as from the time of diagnosis and for the balance of life, a person diagnosed with and loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl lost to ovarian or breast cancers. All the money earned in the event will go toward cancer research, but it was not immediately known how much money was raised. Generations were spanned in the event at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . Babies in strollers were pushed alongside elderly participants. ``I think it's fabulous, and I'm just so proud of my mom for being able to run this 21 years later, and I'm just so happy that all these people are turning out in support of it,'' said Michelle Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , who walked with her mother, Donna Cohen, a cancer survivor. ``The kids both said, when we came in at the end, that they could have been some of the ones running with the signs in memory of their mom and were not, so we're real proud and hope to God that we can eradicate this horrible disease,'' said Donna Cohen. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Actress Candice Bergen, co-host for the annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women, sets the pace Saturday. Associated Press |
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