Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition’s STATEWIDE
Against the Tide

The PREMIERE EVENT to raise money for BREAST CANCER PREVENTION !
(Statewide) – Dates and venues for the 2009 Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition’s

Against the Tide one-mile swim, two-mile kayak and three-mile fitness walk:

“Against The Tide” is a one-mile competitive or recreational swim, two-mile kayak, and three-mile fitness walk to benefit the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC). This fun and inspirational morning statewide event brings swimmers, kayakers and walkers of all ages and abilities together with MBCC in efforts to stop the breast cancer epidemic.

Participants from all over New England commit to raising a minimum contribution of $150, which can be pledged online after registering at www.mbcc.org/swim or the minimum donation of $150 can be made on the day of the event in order to participate in the festivities. Participants may enroll in one or as many events as they would like. All funds raised go directly to breast cancer prevention through the advocacy work of MBCC and research initiatives of its sister environmental organization, Silent Spring Institute.

Registration materials, sponsor information, and fundraising ideas can be found at www.mbcc.org/swim.

“Against the Tide is not a big, corporate show, but an event that celebrates families and individuals of all ages and abilities coming together to truly end this epidemic,” says Executive Director Deborah Shields; “It is empowering and uplifting to know that we are contributing towards a healthier future; one in which our mothers, daughters, and friends will not have to fear that they will be the one in seven diagnosed with breast cancer.”

Breast cancer now strikes more women in the world than any other type of cancer. In the past 50 years, the lifetime risk of breast cancer has nearly tripled in the United States. In the 1940’s, a woman’s lifetime risk of breast cancer was 1 in 22. In the year 2002, the risk was 1 in 8 and is presently 1 in 7. The increasing prevalence reinforces the necessity to reverse the trend and prevent breast cancer from occurring in the first place.

The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is a nonprofit organization committed to stopping the breast cancer epidemic in Massachusetts through activism, advocacy, research and education. Founded in 1991, the focus of MBCC is to find the causes of breast cancer and seek real prevention against this devastating disease.

For more information call 617-376-MBCC or visit www.mbcc.org.

Donations may be sent to the following address:
Against the Tide c/o MBCC
1419 Hancock Street, Suite 202
Quincy, MA 02169

DIRECTIONS: HOPKINTON STATE PARK

Route I-495:

• Take I‐495 to (North or South) exit 21A.
• Route 135 East to Hopkinton Center.
• Turn left, traveling North on Route 85 (Cedar Street).
• Entrance 2 miles on right (do not enter the Field Office on the left).
• Swim will be held at Upper Beach, Hopkinton Reservoir in the park.

DIRECTIONS: NICKERSON STATE PARK

From Boston:

• Take Rte. 3 south to the Sagamore Bridge
• Take Rte. 6 to exit 12 in Orleans
• Turn left off the ramp onto Rte. 6A West towards Brewster.
• Continue for about 2 miles. Park Entrance is on left.