Making Strides walkers raise $40,000
More than 200 people gathered Sunday to raise awareness and dollars to fight breast cancer at the annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on Nantucket. Breast cancer survivors, friends and family followed the fivemile route from the Delta Fields and back to proudly honor breast cancer survivors and fondly remember those who have lost their lives to the disease.

MICHAEL GALVIN/The Independent Walkers along the Milestone Road portion of the five-mile route.

Making Strides is the nation's oldest and largest one-day breast cancer fundraiser, and is the American Cancer Society's signature event during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. This year's walk brought in $40,000 for the Society's programs of breast cancer research, education,

advocacy and patient services. I