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DOG homeowners throughout Lancashire are being urged to step as much as a four-legged fundraising problem this spring.
Together with their furry pals, they’re being urged to walk 60 miles all through April to lift money for Stand Up To Cancer, the joint fundraising marketing campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4.
The Stand Up To Cancer Dog Walking Challenge, supported by and launched at Crufts, asks folks and their canine counterparts to clock up the space, or no matter represents a private problem, over the course of the month.
Whether it’s quick strolls with a puppy or longer walks with a hound that likes to hike, something goes, what issues most is elevating money for life-saving analysis.
To assist fundraisers walk in fashion, everybody who indicators up receives a free canine bandana.
And for individuals who wish to guarantee they’re totally kitted out for the problem, a spread of merchandise from canine beds and cushions, for that each one essential post-walkies snooze, to bobble hats that can beat the early morning chills, might be available from the Stand Up To Cancer shop later this month.
Cancer Research UK spokesperson for the North West, Jemma Humphreys, stated: “‘Walkies’ has always been a powerful word, but now we’re giving it new meaning.
With around 44,700 people diagnosed with cancer every year in the region*, we’re asking the dog walking community to do something ‘paw-some’ this April that could help make the next research breakthrough happen.
“There are lots of benefits to taking part in our dog walking challenge, not least the chance to improve your fitness while raising vital funds. We need as many people as possible to take part, because the progress we make in the fight against the disease relies on every person, every pound – and now every pet pooch. Now is the time to Stand Up To Cancer.”
Stand Up To Cancer takes developments from the lab and accelerates them into new exams and coverings that would assist save the lives of extra folks in Lancashire and throughout the UK.
The marketing campaign helps to remodel the panorama of most cancers remedy. Since its launch within the UK in 2012, it has raised greater than £113 million, funding 64 medical trials and analysis tasks involving greater than 13,000 most cancers sufferers.
Jemma added: “From developing a molecule to super-charge the immune system to attack tumours, to re-programming viruses to seek and destroy cancer cells, when it comes to beating cancer our tireless scientists are like a dog with a bone.”
BENEFITS OF WALKING WITH YOUR FURRY FRIEND
· Reduces stress. Walking is a good way to zone out and rid your self of stress.
· Lowers blood strain. Being lively can assist stop hypertension.
· Discover new locations. Explore your native space and discover lovely places alongside the best way along with your canine.
· Walk and play along with your canine. Have enjoyable enjoying along with your canine whereas getting in your every day miles.
· Raise money for Stand Up To Cancer. All the money you increase will assist fund life-saving most cancers analysis.
