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Fifth Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer New York Raises $10.2 Million

Largest-Ever Avon Walk Includes Women and Men From 46 States and 7 Countries

NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 3,900 participants in this weekend's fifth annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer New York raised $10.2 million to advance access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. At today's Closing Ceremony at Hudson River Park's Pier 84, Avon Foundation Executive Director Carol Kurzig announced ten initial grants, with millions more slated to be awarded throughout the year. The initial grants are:

• Avon Foundation Breast Care Fund (New York, NY) will receive $6,855,000.

• Cancer Care (New York, NY) will receive $1,235,000.

• New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center - Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (New York, NY) will receive $1,000,000.

• New York University Cancer Institute-Bellevue Hospital Center (New York, NY) will receive $500,000.

• God's Love We Deliver (New York, NY) will receive $250,000.

• Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center -- NYCHHC (Bronx, NY) will receive $250,000.

• Metropolitan Hospital Center (New York, NY) will receive $250,000.

• Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Foundation (Newark, NJ) will receive $250,000.

• Brookdale Hospital Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) will receive $175,000.

• Young Survival Coalition (New York, NY) will receive $100,000.

Avon Walk New York participants came from states throughout the US and as far away as Turkey, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain and Iceland. Iceland's team, "Walk Together," included 23 members who raised over $42,000. In addition, breast cancer survivors from nearly 50 countries manned a cheering station in support of the walkers and crew.

After completing the first day of walking, encompassing either a marathon or half marathon, participants spent Saturday night in two-person tents in the Avon Walk "Wellness Village" at Mackay Park in Englewood, NJ, complete with hot showers, prepared meals and live entertainment. On Sunday, October 7, walkers completed another half marathon (13.1 miles), ending back at Hudson River Park Pier 84 where they were greeted by thousands of family and friends who shared in a celebratory and moving Closing Ceremony.

From 2003 through 2006, the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series raised more than $150 million.

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