And even though she has a marketing background, she learned that there were a lot of pieces that needed to come together. Last spring, Kackert hit the ground running to put it all together. They had heard she was planning to put something together. Maxey was devastated when she heard the AVON walk had ceased, but walkers told her to stay in touch with Kackert, whom she had met at last year’s event. I’m so glad that Jaki put this together for the research part of this.” I wanted to help fund money for research. “I wanted to raise awareness because obviously the key is in catching this early. “I wanted to do it for those who can’t,” Maxey said. Maxey, who lives in West Covina, was compelled to begin walking with AVON 39 when her 24-year old niece Amanda was diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago, two months before her wedding. One definite "yes" was Beth Maxey and her 16-woman team of Walkers for Knockers. Once Kackert decided to start an event, she spoke to some of those who had taken part in earlier walks to gauge their interest.
Both my sister and my dad passed away of cancer in a relatively short time of one another, and my mom caught her cancer early when she was young.” “I’m from a family of four, and out of the four, two have died from cancer-related illnesses. “And not just breast cancer,” Kackert said. It's for a cause that is near and dear to her. Instead, Avon has become the national presenting sponsor for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.ĭeciding the AVON 39 was just too great of a loss, she took it upon herself to start one in its place and named it Walk 3to9 to both honor the former event and offer a choice of three-, six- or nine-mile walks. She had walked with AVON 39 for five years and was stunned when the organization announced last December that the walk would be no more. Kackert, who lives in Thousand Oaks, created Walk 3to9 to replace the now-defunct AVON 39 Walk to End Breast Cancer. Now, just days from the 5K/10K/15K - 3/6/9 miles, hence the name - $47,000 has been raised and 75 walkers 12 to 80 years old have committed to walking Sunday in Malibu Creek State Park. It was still three weeks out from Jaki Kackert’s new Walk 3to9 event to fight breast cancer and $25,000 had already been raised for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
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