Thousands come together to fight breast cancer with More Than Pink Walk

IMPACT. A MOVING DAY HERE IN SCHENLEY PARK. EVERYONE AT THIS EVENT HAS A STORY. SOME WALK FOR RESEARCH, SOME WALK FOR A LOVED ONE AND SOME WALK FOR HOPE. I WAS DIAGNOSED A MARCH 17TH ON IT WAS CAUGHT ON NORMAL MAMMOGRAM, BUT I GOT AN MRI BECAUSE I’M HIGH RISK. MY SISTER WAS DIAGNOSED AT 40 WITH BREAST CANCER. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WOULD WANT ME TO BE DOING THIS AND SHE WOULD TOTALLY SUPPORT ME HERE TO WALK FOR TO TRY TO FIND A CURE, HOPEFULLY TO SUPPORT ANYBODY WITH BREAST CANCER. PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE PITTSBURGH REGION AND BEYOND PACKED SCHENLEY PARK FOR KOMEN’S MORE THAN PINK WALK. IT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER THAT’S GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AND YOU REALIZE HOW POWERFULLY STRONG THOSE NUMBERS ARE. YOU KNOW, NATIONALLY, ONE OUT OF EIGHT WOMEN IN THEIR LIFETIME WILL HEAR THE WORDS, YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER AND SADLY, HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, IT’S ONE OUT OF SEVEN WOMEN. THAT’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LITERALLY TOUCHES ALMOST EVERYBODY. A DAY OF INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE LIKE ROBIN NEFT. SHE STARTS RADIATION IN THIS WEEK. IT WAS VERY BLESSED BECAUSE I CAUGHT IT EARLY, BUT I’M GOING THROUGH TREATMENT. SO WHEN I FOUND OUT I HAD BREAST CANCER, MY DAUGHTER’S LIKE, WE HAVE TO DO THIS WALK. AND IT’S INCREDIBLE. A WALK THAT MEANS SO MUCH TO MOTHERS LIKE EDIE YEAGER, WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER TO BREAST CANCER IN 2012. NOW, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, SHE’S THE TOP FUNDRAISER IN PENNSYLVANIA. I RAISED A LITTLE OVER $12,000. INCREDIBLE. AND MY TEAM RAISED OVER $20,000. IT’S SO LIVELY OUT HERE. AND IT JUST GETS YOU ALL EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUT AND DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO SUPPORT ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MOMENTS WHEN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND FIGHTERS WALK TOGETHER IN THE PATHWAY OF HOPE, A SIGN OF UNITY THAT NO ONE IS ALONE. ARE YOU READY TO KICK? CANCER’S BUT ABSOLUTELY. TODAY IS FUNDRAISING GOAL IS $500,000. BUT DO NOT WORRY IF YOU DIDN’T DONATE AND YOU STILL WANT TO, YOU STILL HAVE TIME. YOU CAN DONATE UNTIL JUNE 17TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION, JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WTAE. REPORTING FROM SCHENLEY PARK, ASHLEY ZYLKA PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOR N WTAE CHANNEL FOUR WAS A PROUD SPONSOR OF TODAY’S WALK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MAN

Pittsburghers came together Sunday to walk for a cure. Sunday is the 31st More Than Pink Walk in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park. Benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the annual event raises support for breast cancer awareness, treatment and research. This year's goal is to raise $500,000.“It brings everyone together that is going through a similar experience, and you realize how powerfully strong those numbers are. You know nationally, 1 out of 8 women in their lifetime will hear the words, you have breast cancer, and sadly, here in Pennsylvania, it's 1 out of 7 women. That's a lot of people, it literally touches almost everybody,” Western PA Komen Development Manager, Molly Sweet. Everyone has a story, like Robyn Neft. She starts radiation this week.“I was diagnosed March 17th. It was caught on a normal mammogram, but I got an MRI because I am high risk. My sister was diagnosed at 40 with breast cancer…I was very blessed because they caught it early, but I am going through treatment, so when I found out I had breast cancer, my daughter was like we have to do this walk, and it's incredible,” Robyn Neft said.For the second year in a row, Edie Yeager is the top fundraiser in Pennsylvania. She walks for her daughter who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2012.“I raised a little over $12,000, and my team raised over $20,000…It was very important to me because my daughter would want me to be doing this. She would totally support me,” Edie Yeager said.You can donate to the cause until June 17. For more information, click here.WTAE Channel 4 is a proud sponsor of the event.Take a look at some of the festivities in the video players.

PITTSBURGH —

Pittsburghers came together Sunday to walk for a cure.

Sunday is the 31st More Than Pink Walk in Pittsburgh's Schenley Park.

Benefiting the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the annual event raises support for breast cancer awareness, treatment and research. This year's goal is to raise $500,000.

“It brings everyone together that is going through a similar experience, and you realize how powerfully strong those numbers are. You know nationally, 1 out of 8 women in their lifetime will hear the words, you have breast cancer, and sadly, here in Pennsylvania, it's 1 out of 7 women. That's a lot of people, it literally touches almost everybody,” Western PA Komen Development Manager, Molly Sweet.

Everyone has a story, like Robyn Neft. She starts radiation this week.

“I was diagnosed March 17th. It was caught on a normal mammogram, but I got an MRI because I am high risk. My sister was diagnosed at 40 with breast cancer…I was very blessed because they caught it early, but I am going through treatment, so when I found out I had breast cancer, my daughter was like we have to do this walk, and it's incredible,” Robyn Neft said.

For the second year in a row, Edie Yeager is the top fundraiser in Pennsylvania. She walks for her daughter who lost her battle with breast cancer in 2012.

“I raised a little over $12,000, and my team raised over $20,000…It was very important to me because my daughter would want me to be doing this. She would totally support me,” Edie Yeager said.

You can donate to the cause until June 17. For more information, click here.

WTAE Channel 4 is a proud sponsor of the event.

Take a look at some of the festivities in the video players.

Thousands come together to fight breast cancer with More Than Pink Walk

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