Next weekend, on Oct. 3rd, for the first time ever the Space Needle will open its doors to the public to climb the 832 steps that make up its stairways. To mark the occasion the Space Needle has teamed up with the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center to raise funds for further cancer studies and research.

The West Seattle Herald's own Tim Clifford will be participating in the climb (donate here)and covering the event for our paper and website that day.

Every dollar donated goes straight to the Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center; whose fundraising goal for the event is a million dollars.

Please, most of us have been impacted personally in one way or another by cancer and if any readers could donate even just one dollar this event will benefit a very worthy cause.

Also, please follow along on social media or on our website during the day of the climb for pictures and coverage of the event.

Links:
classy.org/tcwestseattle

https://www.classy.org/seattle/events/base-2-space/e47982

twitter:
@westseattleher
@42_clifford