Hanlon raising funds for cancer research

FALLBROOK – Local Marine wife, mother of four, horse riding and gardening enthusiast Heather Hanlon is participating in the Susan G. Komen 3 Day Walk for breast cancer Nov. 21 to 23 in San Diego. Hanlon, daughter of Bob and Mary Ann Hillery, is a breast cancer survivor who is fundraising to find a cure for this increasingly prevalent disease.

It has been demonstrated that 1 in 8 American women will confront breast cancer in their lifetime and that 80 percent of those women will have had no family history of breast cancer so finding a cure is vital. Seventy percent of proceeds raised by the Komen Foundation go to research, and research is the way to beat this deadly disease.

As a survivor, Hanlon knows the benefits of current detection technologies and treatments but she also knows the first line of defense against breast cancer is self-examination which is how she discovered her tumor. To learn more about her fundraising efforts or to provide a donation, contact Mary Ann at (760) 521-9082 or bring a donation to Bob’s office, CR Properties Real Estate Services located at 128 S. Main Ave. (next to the Yogurt Palace). Checks should be made out to Susan G. Komen.