Friday, May 9, 2003
The Williamsport
Sun-Gazette,
Williamsport,
Pennsylvania
(Cutline with accompanying photography of Polly, BoB the trolley and Lion Charles Duchman Sr.)
GlobalWalker, POLLY LETOFSKY
is accompanied by Charles Duchman Sr., past district governor of the
Williamsport Lions Club Thursday. Letofsky, 41, is on a five-year
18,000-mile global walk to raise money and awareness to fight breast
cancer. Her travels, which began in 1999 in Vail, Colorado, have taken her
to New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Europe. As of
Monday, she had walked 10,442 miles and raised about $100,000. Lions Clubs
throughout the nation have helped raise money and keek her company during parts
of her walk. According to the Web site www.globalwalk.org,
money raised in other countries goes to local hospitals, while money raised in
the U.S. goes to The Breast Cancer Fund, a San Francisco-based nonprofit
organization dedicated to research, education, support and advocacy. The
Web site said Letofsky hopes to finish her journey in the summer of 2004 in
Vail. According to the site, she walks about 16 miles a day and is on her
23rd pair of sneakers by New Balance, one of her sponsors.
Monday, May 19, 2003
The Williamsport
Sun-Gazette,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Area Lions help woman
walking for breast cancer awareness
Polly Letofsky, 41, makes a difference one step at a time as she walks around the world raising money and awareness for breast cancer.
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Letofsky's favorite continent is North America, but she said the all have something of offer.
"They have all had their pluses. Australia, I was so gung-ho because that was the beginning. It was fun cause they still speak English, and you are in the Southern Hemisphere. Asia was just so--you eyes were bulging out all the time. Every turn there was something new. All your senses are on full alert. Europe was tough; they have a lot to offer. But now that i am in North America i am home after 4 years. It is a rediscovery tour. I am having a ball," she said.
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