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title: "Employees Wake Up and Lace Up for Making Strides"
published_at: "2017-10-11T16:34:00+00:00"
modified_at: "2021-11-23T12:03:19+00:00"
url: "https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/employees-wake-up-and-lace-up-for-making-strides"
excerpt: "The American Cancer Society reports that each year collectively more than one million people participate in nearly 300 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events in the US, raising at least $60 million. That’s why this weekend a number of Syncfusion..."
taxonomy_category:
  - "Syncfusion"
taxonomy_post_tag:
  - "American Cancer Society"
  - "Making Strides of Raleigh"
  - "Syncfusion"
---

# Employees Wake Up and Lace Up for Making Strides

[Tres Watkins](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/author/tresw)

![Image](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/making_strides.png)


The [American Cancer Society](https://www.cancer.org/)
 reports that each year collectively more than one million people participate in nearly 300 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events in the US, raising at least $60 million. That’s why this weekend a number of Syncfusion employees from the client relations, marketing, and sales teams will lace up their shoes to participate in [Raleigh’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event](http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCCY17SA?pg=entry&fr_id=84845)
, happening this Saturday morning, October 14, at [Midtown Park Event Stage](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Midtown+Park/@35.8362817,-78.6389594,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ac589485e60363:0xee264655e4f3a13e!8m2!3d35.8362817!4d-78.6367707)
.

Team Brett-y and the Jets, assembled by Enterprise License Renewal Representative Brett Jarrett, will take an early morning walk around Raleigh to help raise funds, increase awareness, and consolidate a community in the fight against breast cancer.

They invite you to [join in the walk](https://accounts.cancer.org/login?returnURL=http%3A%2F%2Fmain.acsevents.org%2Fsite%2FTR%3Fpg%3Dgreeting%26fr_id%3D84845&redirectURL=https%3A//secure.acsevents.org/site/TRR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCCY17SA/1617205594%3Fpg%3Dutype%26fr_id%3D84845)
, or [make a donation to the cause](https://secure.acsevents.org/site/SPageServer/?pagename=strides_donate_now&FR_ID=84845)
.

**Making Strides Information**

**Where**: [Midtown Park Event Stage, Raleigh, NC](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Midtown+Park/@35.8362817,-78.6389594,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ac589485e60363:0xee264655e4f3a13e!8m2!3d35.8362817!4d-78.6367707)

**When**: Saturday, October 14, 2017

**Time**: Check-in at 7:30 AM, opening ceremony at 8:00 AM, walk begins at 9:15 AM

**Video**: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaAy1tW0xbE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaAy1tW0xbE)

**Website**: [http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=84845](http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=84845)