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Tunnell Cancer Center to Host 4th Miracle Mile June 2 in Rehoboth Beach

05/11/07

The Fourth Annual Tunnell Cancer Center Miracle Mile is scheduled to take place 8 a.m., Saturday, June 2, on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk.

The event, which is organized in support of cancer survivors, will begin at Epworth United Methodist Church on Baltimore Avenue with opening remarks by Srihari Peri, M.D., Medical Director of the Tunnell Cancer Center, and Jeffrey M. Fried, President and CEO of Beebe Medical Center. After the walk, participants are invited back to the church hall to take part in breakfast and camaraderie.

"It is an inspirational event celebrating survivorship, camaraderie and hope," says organizer Judith Ramirez, the Tunnell Cancer Center social worker.

More than 100 people take part in the annual event. Cancer survivors, relatives and friends are warmly welcomed to attend. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the ceremony beginning at 8 a.m. Everyone who registers before May 25 will receive an event cap, and a water bottle. T-shirts will be given to survivors. For more information, to register, or for special assistance or accommodations needed to take part, please call the Tunnell Cancer Center at 645-3770.

Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at www.beebemed.org