The Quincy Medical Center (QMC) Cancer Walk (formerly the Marie Curry Walk) is scheduled for Sunday, September 18, 2005. Proceeds of the walk benefit the Marie A. Curry Fund, which helps to provide free, high quality cancer programs and services at QMC to women and men who are uninsured or have inadequate health insurance coverage. Last year, Quincy College was represented by a small team of faculty and staff who raised thousands of dollars for cancer services. New for 2005, however, faculty, staff, students, and members of The Gamma Beta Phi Honor and Service Society and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will form “Team QC,” don matching Quincy College t-shirts provided by event sponsors, and walk as a group to raise funds that are used locally.

The four-mile, leisurely morning walk begins and ends at Pageant Field in Merrymount Park, Quincy, and follows an ocean-lined route along Quincy Shore Drive. The festivities will culminate with a special post-walk celebration including lunch. You can contribute to this wonderful cause as a walker or by supporting “Team QC” with a donation. Sign-up and pledge sheets are available through Joe Bradley, Director of College and Community Development in Old Temple Hall 102, or by calling 617-984-1778 or sending an e-mail to jbradley@quincycollege.edu.

The Marie A. Curry Fund was established by the Quincy Medical Center Chairman of the Board Robert “Bob” Curry in memory of his late wife Marie Curry, who died of breast cancer in 1995. At that time, the Fund provided free screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasounds and breast biopsies to uninsured or underinsured women on the South Shore.

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