Fight Back Express Bus Rolls into Peoria

Tools

By WEEK Producer

Story Published: Jul 22, 2008 at 9:56 PM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM CDT

Hoping to gear up in the fight against cancer, the Fight-back Express Bus rolled into the Shoppes at Grand Prairie Parking Lot today. The tour is sponsored by the American Cancer Society Action Network to race cancer awareness. The bus is making 18 stops in Illinois, starting in Chicago and ending in the quad cities...After cruising in the land of Lincoln, the bus is headed across the country before ending up in Washington D-C.
Sharyl Nusuke of the Fight Back Express stated, "the idea with it being here today in Peoria is to get the community together to gather, to make a pledge, to fight back, to let our legislators know that we're here, that we want to spend more dollars on cancer research so that we can fight this disease that affects everyone."
It's estimated more than 25-thousand Illinois residents a year die from cancer.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

WEEK News 25 - and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.

More Good Stuff

Advertisement
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.

Stock Quotes

What's On TonightFull Schedule

Local Business Dir