About the American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society Making Strides is a noncompetitive walk that honors breast cancer survivors, educates early detection and prevention, and raises money to fund lifesaving research and programs to help eliminate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. To learn more, visit www.cancer.org.

Tips for Prevention and Early Detection

Prevention

• Strive for 30 minutes or more of daily exercise (learn more)
• Stay healthy and maintain a healthy body weight by eating a well-balanced diet (learn more)
• Get help quitting smoking (learn more)
• Reduce your stress level (learn more)

For more on how to stay happy, healthy and cancer-free visit www.cancer.org/GreatAmericans.

Early Detection General Recommendations

Women age 20-39

• Clinical breast exam at least once every 3 years
• Daily self breast exam

Women age 40-49

• Yearly mammography screening
• Yearly clinical breast exam
• Daily self breast exam

Women age 50-69

• Regular mammograms (every 1-2 years)

For more on early detection, visit http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/ped_2_1_introduction.asp?sitearea=PED

Walk with the al fresco^® Live Life team in Boston, or find a walk near you!

Receive a FREE al fresco Live Life team T-shirt when you register and walk in Boston. Join our team or make a donation at: http://main.acsevents.org /goto/alfrescolivelife. Don’t live in the Boston area? Find a walk near you, or make a donation.

Date: October 4, 2009 Location: Esplanade, DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA (along the Charles River) Time: 8 a.m. registration and rolling start