The Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation is staging their 10th annual Alki Beach 5k Walk/Run on Sunday, Aug. 26 along Alki Beach.

Tami Hyldahl-Haan, a breast cancer survivor from Seattle, will share her personal story and kick off the event. In 2011, Hyldahl-Hann became a widow and a breast cancer survivor as well as a single mother without a source of income. She was able to access the Northwest Hope & Healing Patient Assistance Fund to help pay her bills and get through a couple of rough months. Participants and others will be able to meet her at the event.

The 3.1 mile walk and run starts and finishes at the Alki Beach Bathhouse (2700 Alki Ave S.W., Seattle). Day-of event check in and registration opens at 8am and the race begins at 9am.

Preregistration fee is $35, $40 the day of the event. Those not participating can still take part in what the organizers are calling the Virtual 5k. Check their website for more information.

Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, EIN 20-0799737, that provides child care, meals, transportation, & emergency rent to women receiving breast and gynecologic cancer treatment at Swedish Medical Center. Our signature Healing Baskets are given free of charge to newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.

Northwest Hope & Healing Foundation, P.O. Box 16069, Seattle, WA 98116 (206)215-2888 www.NWHopeAndHealing.org

Northwest Hope & Healing (NWHH) is a Seattle based non-profit organization that helps women get through breast cancer through a variety of efforts, whether it’s helping mothers feed their children and seek treatment, or ensuring reliable transportation to daily radiation treatments. For that reason, a majority of NWHH’s funds go to the NW Hope & Healing Patient Assistance Fund at the Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) to provide every day living essentials to women who are in need. Over the last 13 years, NWHH has provided financial grants to more than 1,800 women. Donations also fund the organization’s signature Healing Baskets, which are made available to local breast- cancer patients at Swedish’s campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard, Edmonds and Issaquah), as well as at all SCI affiliate locations including Highline Hospital in Burien. Since 2000, more than 6,000 Healing Baskets have been assembled and delivered, carrying a message of love, life and hope.

The Alki Beach Run/Walk 5K is sponsored by Genentech, The Walking Company, Evergreen Home Loans, Alki Spud Fish & Chips, West Seattle Runner, Windermere Foundation, X-Gym, and the Kiwanis of West Seattle.
For more information visit www.alkibeachrun.com