Friday, April 26, 2024–9:08 a.m.

-News Release-

Cancer Navigators’ annual 1-Mile Walk and Daisy Drop will take place this year on April 28.

Participants can help local cancer patients in their fight against cancer by signing up for the walk, which will begin at Historic Barron Stadium at 2 p.m. Registration costs $20 and includes an event T-shirt.

To register and for more information: visitbit.ly/43wj26u, call 706-509-5040, or visit the Cancer Navigators office located on the 3rd floor of the Harbin Clinic Tony E. Warren Cancer Center, 321 W. Fifth St., Rome.

The public’s support will help Cancer Navigators provide the following free services: social support, counseling, nutrition assistance, transportation assistance, medical supplies, wigs, hats and scarves, stress management and caregiver support.

The Daisy Drop is a free event for the community. Cancer Navigators’ staff will be set up near the Courtyard by Marriott distributing complimentary daisies to drop in the Oostanaula River in honor or in memory of loved ones affected by cancer.

The drop will begin at 3 p.m. at the Chief John Ross Memorial Bridge, which crosses the Oostanaula River to link the Town Green with the Courtyard by Marriott.

Parking for both events will be available at and around Historic Barron Stadium.

Cancer Navigators was established in 2006 to serve as a complement to the medical expertise of cancer care providers by guiding those in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama affected by cancer toward a better understanding of diagnosis and care while connecting them with needed resources.

For more information contact Cancer Navigators at 706-509-5040.