IBTA 2008 Walk and Week

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Warmest congratulations to all our supporters on achieving the target total for the Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours - and more! Our target was 120,000 km (or three times around the world at the Equator) Mileage reported so far is 215,883 kms! And the mileage is still coming in...

The next World Walk starts 1 January 2009. Please visit our website periodically for updates on this and the 2009 International Brain Tumour Awareness Week.

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Walk and Week

The Walk Around the World for Brain Tumours will be held between 1 January and 1 November 2008. People are encouraged to undertake sponsored or unsponsored walks to raise awareness about brain tumours and to donate the mileage covered to the World Walk target of circling the earth three times at the Equator (75,000 miles or 120,000 kms).

The IBTA does not wish to receive any funds raised by these walks or by other brain tumour awareness-raising activities. Funds raised should be donated to a local or national brain tumour support or research activity.

The 2nd International Brain Tumour Awareness Week will be held between Sunday 26 October - Saturday 1 November, 2008 and people are encouraged to organise an activity which will contribute to increased awareness about brain tumours. It could be a walk, a picnic, an information seminar, a scientific conference, or even the distribution of a media statement to local media which draws attention to the particular challenges of a brain tumour and the need for a special response and an increased research effort.

Notes: The IBTA is aware that in the United States "tumour" is spelled "tumor" and will use that spelling for printed materials directed to that region. It was also the intention of the founding meeting that we seek to represent all tumours of the central nervous system. As is the practice in the scientific literature and clinical use, we use the words "brain tumour", not "brain cancer".

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