ARE YOU? SO WE’RE HERE IN THE MARRIOTT COPLEY DOUG AS WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT HERE IN THE NEWS INDUSTRY. BUT THIS PLACE IS GOING TO GET TURNED INTO A SEA OF PINK. YOU GOT THE WALKWAY HERE, BUT IN A COUPLE MINUTES WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING OUT HERE. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, IT’S ALL ABOUT RAISING AWARENESS AND RAISING MONEY TO HOPEFULLY END BREAST CANCER. SO IF YOU’RE IN THE CITY THIS WEEKEND, YOU WILL LIKELY SEE WALKERS DECKED OUT IN PINK. PART OF THE ANNUAL SUSAN G. KOMEN WALK TO RAISE MILLIONS EACH YEAR FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TO SUPPORT FOR PATIENTS. today EACH WALKER HAD TO RAISE AT LEAST $2,300 TO WALK THIS WEEKEND. THEY’RE GOING TO WALK 20 MILES A DAY OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS. MORE THAN HALF A MILLION PEOPLE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE KOMEN THREE DAY WALK SINCE 2003, RAISING MORE THAN $915 NATIONWIDE. THAT MONEY HAS FUNDED THOUSANDS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND MORE THAN 500 CLINICAL TRIALS. THE OPENING CEREMONIES GET UNDERWAY AT 6 A.M., AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE WALKERS WILL START THEIR 60 MILE JOURNEY. REPORTING LIVE IN BOSTON THIS MORN
2025 Susan G. Komen New England 3-Day walk taking place in Boston this weekend
Updated: 6:07 AM EDT Aug 15, 2025
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Hundreds of walkers are taking part in the 2025 Susan G. Komen New England 3-Day this weekend – a 60-mile walk that kicks off in Boston on Friday to raise money to fight breast cancer.Each of the 750 walkers taking part in this year’s event has raised at least $2,300.The walk begins at the Boston Marriott Copley and follows a 60-mile route throughout the area. The event ends Sunday at the Marriott Copley. Designated cheering stations along the route are located in Brookline, Newton, Brighton, Cambridge, South Boston, Back Bay, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, the South End, Boston Common, Beacon Hill, Charlestown, the North End, the Seaport District and South Boston. The oldest walker this year is 83, and the leading fundraiser raised more than $23,000. There are 122 breast cancer survivors walking this weekend.The event that has been taking place in Boston for 15 years has raised more than $47.9 million in the ongoing fight against breast cancer. The funds contribute to Susan G. Komen’s vision of a world without breast cancer, fueling breakthrough research and providing vital support to those facing breast cancer today, organizers said.
Hundreds of walkers are taking part in the 2025 Susan G. Komen New England 3-Day this weekend – a 60-mile walk that kicks off in Boston on Friday to raise money to fight breast cancer.
Each of the 750 walkers taking part in this year’s event has raised at least $2,300.
The walk begins at the Boston Marriott Copley and follows a 60-mile route throughout the area. The event ends Sunday at the Marriott Copley.
Designated cheering stations along the route are located in Brookline, Newton, Brighton, Cambridge, South Boston, Back Bay, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, the South End, Boston Common, Beacon Hill, Charlestown, the North End, the Seaport District and South Boston.
The oldest walker this year is 83, and the leading fundraiser raised more than $23,000.
There are 122 breast cancer survivors walking this weekend.
The event that has been taking place in Boston for 15 years has raised more than $47.9 million in the ongoing fight against breast cancer.
The funds contribute to Susan G. Komen’s vision of a world without breast cancer, fueling breakthrough research and providing vital support to those facing breast cancer today, organizers said.
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