Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first-ever Step into Spring Virtual Step Challenge! You blew our goal out of the water, logging over 10 Million Steps for lung cancer and raising over $91,000 for our programs dedicated to doubling lung cancer survival. Congratulations!

You came out 372 strong from five communities across the country and walked, ran, and climbed your way to this impressive number, all to raise awareness for lung cancer in honor and memory of your loved ones.

“It was also wonderful seeing participants from other events – usually we are solely focused on our own.” – Gainesville, FL Participant

Many of these event communities were celebrating 10+ years of hosting walk/run events. These walk/run events are an opportunity for lung cancer patients and their families, those who have lost loved ones to lung cancer, and those who just want to come out and support the lung cancer cause, to join together and walk or run and fundraise to raise awareness and funding to change the future for lung cancer patients.

We were honored to welcome them all to celebrate together virtually on March 20!

Jog for Jill in Berkeley, CA – Run Amuck with the Duck in Gainesville, FL – Phoenix, AZ – Sacramento, CA – Southern California
  • Jog for Jill 2021
  • Barb's Amazing Racers
  • Step Into Spring - SoCal

We were also grateful to welcome the following Event chairs from our partner facilities in these communities:

  • Christopher Balamucki – North Florida Regional Medical Center – Gainesville, FL
  • Amy Nance – Florida Cancer Specialists – Gainesville, FL
  • Elizabeth David and Dr. Jorge Nieva – University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
  • Jonathan Goldman – UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center – Los Angeles, CA
  • Ravi Salgia – City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center – Los Angeles, CA
  • Jasmine Huang – Dignity Health Norton Thoracic Institute – Phoenix, AZ
  • Walter Wakwe – Banner MD Anderson – Phoenix, AZ
  • Deepti Behl – Sutter Medical Center – Sacramento, CA
  • Megan Daly and Dr. Jonathan Reiss – UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center – Sacramento, CA
  • Trevor Williams – Mercy Medical Group – Sacramento, CA

Thank you all for your continued support of GO2 for Lung Cancer and our community events. The funds you raise will directly support the programs of GO2 for Lung Cancer dedicated to doubling lung cancer survival. Thank you for stepping up!

Replay the live event day rally on-demand here.

View more images from event day on our social wall or in our Step into Spring event photo gallery.

More virtual and in-person opportunities coming for summer and fall of 2021 with GO2 for Lung Cancer! Check out upcoming events on our 2021 event calendar.