The 10 th Annual “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk was held on Sunday, October 19 and attracted a vast amount of participants. The five-mile walk took place at Queens Boulevard and as cold as the weather was, many showed their support by making donations and participating in the walk. Approximately six hundred of St. John’s students took part in this great cause, myself being one of them. Apart from this walk, I had participated in other causes like the “March of Dimes” for babies and the AIDS walk, and at the end of this walk the feeling was exactly the same but the understanding of this walk was much more. There was more maturity in this walk with much more sincerity.
I felt what I think the majority felt and that was a feeling of hope. With everyone there representing and struggling against the same cause, it made you felt that we are truly one in a sense. I think the one thing that struck me the most from this walk was the staggering statistics that was given to us in a speech by one of the organizers. It was very informative and a great realization, being in a family with five women. Being part of this walk, I think you can’t help but wonder that someday this walk, this stand that we take now, might actually save millions of lives in the future. To have a feeling that you cannot express but everyone shares that same feeling, is something that you and only you can feel, and thats what exactly the walk provided for me.
Simply put, the walk made me felt good and not in a selfish way but that I wanted to walk this walk and not that I needed to. I think this walk and others similar to its main purpose, demonstrate and exemplify a lot about a person’s character and humanity as a whole. My father once said to me that there is a lot you can tell from a person just by their actions and for this walk, I think it says much about our human race and how really fragile our existence is. Therefore, taking part in walks as these bring out the best in people and can result in vast changes in the future.