We are excited to welcome the White Ribbon Project as a 2024 5K walk/run partner. Representatives from the White Ribbon Project will be on-site at our 5Ks to share their important mission and distribute white ribbons to community members who would like to help raise awareness about the disease. We started our partnership at the Dallas 5K on March 30 and welcomed the White Ribbon Project to our 5K in Sacramento on April 6.  

Volunteer Advocacy Award

The White Ribbon Project is a national nonprofit organization that promotes awareness about lung cancer by changing public perception of the disease. People with a connection to lung cancer make or are given large, white, wooden ribbons to start conversations within their communities about lung cancer and the fact that anyone with lungs is at risk for the disease. The project educates people about early detection, treatment, and survivorship, and the ribbons are used as a symbol of unity for everyone facing the disease. 

GO2 honored the White Ribbon Project’s co-founder, Heidi Nafman-Onda last year with the Volunteer Leadership and Advocacy Award for her outstanding leadership at GO2’s 2023 Lung Cancer Voices Summit in Washington, D.C.