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Fourth Annual Jeanne A. Petrek, MD Breast Cancer Walk a Big Success!

The Fourth Annual Jeanne A. Petrek Walk, MD Breast Cancer Walk co-sponsored by The Junior League of Bronxville and The Working Women of Bronxville was a huge success!  The annual event, this year held on Saturday, September 20 raised over $12,000 for breast cancer research.

The walk was along the Bronx River Parkway Path in honor of Dr. Jeanne A. Petrek, a Bronxville resident, who was tragically struck and killed by an ambulette in April of 2005 at a Manhattan street crossing.  Dr. Petrek was an attending physician and surgeon in the Breast Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a world renowned breast cancer researcher.

Proceeds for the walk will be donated to a special fund established by Memorial Hospital for the perpetuation of Dr. Petrek's memory and good works. The fund has reached its first goal to endow a Jeanne A. Petrek, MD Memorial Professorship.

The walk began with remarks by Elisa Shevlin Rizzo, President of The Junior League of Bronxville (JLB). Other sponsors included: In the Pink Foundation, OKI Pink Cadillac, Value Drugs, Park Place bagels, The Running Store, Eastchester Beverage, and the Hope for Change Foundation. Congresswoman Nita Lowey was on-site and spoke about breast cancer awareness.  A ribbon cutting ceremony by Mr. Jeffrey Duban, husband of the late Dr. Petrek, officially began the walk.

For more information log onto: www.jlbronxville.org 

Elisa Rizzo (far right), JLB Chair, joins Jeffrey Duban, husband of the late Dr. Petrek, for the walk.