Registration open for Pink Pass It On in the District 5K walk, set for Oct. 21 in Washington Park

QUINCY — Registration is now open for the 17th annual “Pink Pass It On in the District” 5K walk for breast cancer awareness.

Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, with speakers starting at 9:30 a.m. The walk begins in Washington Park and goes up and down Maine Street, concluding back in the park. 

Printable registration forms are available at www.pinkpassiton.com or registration can be done on-line at www.blessinghealth.org/pink5k. Registration is accepted up to and on the day of the walk. To participate, walkers are asked for a minimum $25 donation which includes a t-shirt. Children under 12 can walk for free.

Pre-registered walkers can pick up their shirts from 2 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20, on the Sixth Street Promenade. “In Honor Of” buttons will be available for purchase during shirt pick-up and during the walk.

Several drawings will be held at the park immediately after the walk. People whose names are drawn must be present to win.

All proceeds benefit the Blessing Foundation Breast Center Financial Assistance Program. The Blessing Breast Center Financial Assistance Program fund is available to patients who have a medical need but lack the finances to address it on their own, and all community resources have been exhausted.

Event sponsors are:

• Domestics Etc.
• Expressions by Christine
• Yellow Kiss Boutique
• Sweet Apricot
• Sassy Jo’s
• Platt Daddy BBQ
• The Silhouette Shoppe
• Huber Advanced Materials
• Mercantile Bank
• V&R Accounting
• Dame Hurdle & Company
• The District
• WTAD /STARadio
• Quincy Herald Whig
• Quincy Brewing Company
• Blessing Health System