Broward County Convention Center Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a cause near and dear to our hearts here at the SMG-managed Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Three of our staff members are breast cancer survivors, and many others have been touched by the fight against the disease. To show our support, the Convention Center recently participated in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, a 5k walk hosted by the American Cancer Society Broward County and presented by Holy Cross Hospital.

We fundraised for months, meeting and surpassing our fundraising goal of $1,500, and walked to together as a team, along with family and friends, on Saturday, October 9th at Huizenga Plaza in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

To date, we have raised more than $2,000! Our ever popular Denim Day proved to be a fundraising success. For a $5 donation, Convention Center staff members were able to enjoy wearing jeans at work to show their support the day before the walk. Many of us paired our denim with pink or our popular Making Strides team t-shirts, designed by our very own Andrea Erion, who just successfully finished her breast cancer treatment.

Making Strides is a celebration that honors survivors, remembers those presently and formerly in the battle, raises funds and increases awareness to help beat this disease.

The funds we raised for the walk will fund new research, enable access to mammograms and treatments, and educate women on the importance of detecting breast cancer at its earliest stages. 

According to the American Cancer Society, Florida ranks fourth in the nation for the estimated number of new cases and second for estimated deaths from breast cancer, making initiatives such as Making Strides critical to our community’s support in the fight against breast cancer. The Convention Center is proud to have been a part of such a worthy cause.

This article was previously published at the www.ftlauderdalecc.com blog.