DICORRADO AIMS FOR A CURE SANTA CLARITA WOMEN JOIN REVLON RUN/WALK TO FUND CANCER RESEARCH.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - For the second year, Debbie DiCorrado is running to raise money to fight breast and ovarian cancers, a cause that has special meaning - her mother and grandmother are breast cancer survivors. ``My mother was diagnosed last April, and that puts me in a high-risk category,'' DiCorrado said Tuesday. ``I want to do this because I want them to find a cure before I get it.'' DiCorrado is part of the 82-member team - called the ``Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. Team'' No. 118 - that will travel to downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or in two busloads Saturday morning to participate in the Revlon Run/Walk for Women. Last year, 50 women on the Santa Clarita team raised $11,000. This year, the team hopes to raise more than $20,000 by walking or running the 3.1-mile course at the eighth annual event. ``That's not too long, so I think we'll be able to run it,'' DiCorrado said. The women will meet at City Hall at 5:45 a.m. Saturday to eat power bars before heading to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum For board track racing circuit, see . Present use The Coliseum is now primarily the home of the USC Trojan football team. During the recent stretch of its success in football, most of USC's regular home games, especially the alternating games with rivals UCLA and Notre . Since 1993, the Revlon Run/Walk in Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has raised funds for research toward a cure of breast and ovarian cancers, and for program-related services in the cities. The Revlon Run/Walk originated in Los Angeles, where it is the biggest 5K race nationwide. The event has raised more than $22 million. |
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