Walk With Love Raises $90,000 to Support Breast Cancer Research

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

Returning to an in-person component for the first time since 2019, walkers, runners and yogis participated in the 2022 Walk With Love at Palisades Recreation Center on Sunday, May 15—hosted by the Dr. Susan Love Foundation for Breast Cancer Research to raise funds and awareness.

A total of 401 participants joined this year’s event, according to organizers: 182 were in person and 219 virtual. There were 30 teams.

“Over the past 13 years, together we have raised millions of dollars for breast cancer research through our annual Walk With Love,” according to a statement from Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Dr. Susan Love. “This year, as the No. 1 breast cancer research organization in the U.S., we can achieve even more.”

Those who joined Walk With Love were able to either register as an individual or a team, where they could walk or run the 5K course. Another option was to partake in yoga on the lawn.

“I am so excited to bring the walk back home to the Palisades again,” Love shared with the Palisadian-Post ahead of the event. “It’s been too long since we could be together, and what better way to come together than for a cause that matters—finding an end to breast cancer.”

Funds raised through this year’s walk will go directly to supporting the foundation’s Exploring the Ductal Anatomy project—which has a goal of utilizing “speed of sound 3D ultrasounds to visualize the distribution of ducts within a particular breast as well as to locate early lesions within a duct.” This enables sampling the fluid in the duct and the installation of intraductal therapy, which will “better treat the disease right where it starts.”

“We’ve raised $90,000 with a goal of $150,000,” Michelle Woodhill, senior director of development for the foundation, shared on May 19.

Those who missed the walk but still wish to donate may do so, as fundraising will remain open through June 30.

In 2021, the event—temporarily renamed Move With Love—raised more than $127,000. Over 500 movers from around the globe participated from 42 states and eight countries. Those who participated were encouraged to move whatever way they preferred, whether it was walking, running, spinning, golfing or dancing.

For more information or to donate, visit walkwithlove.org.