FAQ

The Community Walk for Breast Cancer is an annual event benefiting the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. Our first Walk in 2003 was created to bring awareness to the need for breast cancer support programs in our region.  To this day, Miles of Hope is the only Breast Cancer Foundation where all of the money raised stays in the Hudson Valley.  This money directly funds support services, education and outreach to our families, friends, neighbors, and colleagues whose lives have been affected by breast cancer.  The Walk is not only a fundraiser, but an opportunity to walk in honor of, in memory of and in support of friends and loved ones. 

We will host our 2024 Community Walk on Sunday, October 6, at James Baird State Park, rain or shine. Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30am, Walk to begin at 10:00 am.  

There is nothing like being together, honoring our friends, our family and all those who have been affected by breast cancer, but to those who can not be with us at the park, you are welcome to participate as well! Anyone can join the event and walk wherever you are! In addition, we challenge you to stay active and maintain a healthy lifestyle and reduce your cancer risk by exercising every day. Walk in Honor or Memory of someone, challenge yourself, your family, your friends and promote a lifetime of good health.

Sunday, October 6, 2024 (rain or shine) @ James Baird State Park, 14 Maintenance Lane, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.  Opening ceremonies at 9:30 am.  Walk to begin at 10:00 am.

Just register!  Join us at James Baird State Park on Sunday, October 6. If you can't make to the Park that day, that's no problem! You can walk where ever you may be and still support the cause. You can create a team, join a team or register as an individual.

Set up a fundraising page after you register. Share with family, friends, neighbors, co-workers. Post on social media, send emails. 

Miles of Hope can be reached at info@milesofhope.org

All money raised stays right here in our community, funding support services, education and outreach for people affected by breast cancer within the nine counties of the Hudson Valley, New York (Columbia County, Dutchess County, Putnam County, Westchester County, Rockland County, Orange County, Ulster County, Greene County, and Sullivan County).

Yes. You can make a donation to a walker on a team or you can make a general team donation.

All donations should be mailed to:
Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
P.O. Box 405
Lagrangeville, NY 12540.

Please make all checks payable to: Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.
Please make sure that in the memo it says Community Walk 2024 and which individual/team the donation should be credited to.

Click on the magnifying glass icon and begin typing the first or last name. Your options will display as you type.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If an online donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact us.

If you check this checkbox, you will be charged the amount indicated next to the checkbox. This amount will also be visible to the non-profit. However, on the fundraising page, your intended - initial donation amount will be displayed.

All monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Any donor who mailed their donation and provided an address will receive a receipt via mail or email once the donation has been processed. If you made your donation in installments, you will receive a receipt each time a monthly payment is processed.

Yes, anyone who donates online, regardless of the amount, will receive a receipt via email.

A Tax ID number identifies Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit Organization. The Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation Tax ID number is 13-4281796

When you make a donation online, you can designate what you want to appear as your recognition name on the participant's Honor Roll. This may be your name, or it could be something such as "From the whole Wolf family" or "in memory of Aunt Cathy."

If a donation check has been written out to you personally, you may endorse the back of the check and mail it in to Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation along with a note listing what individual/team the donation should be credited to.

It is not a good idea to send a cash donation in the mail. You may deposit the cash into your checking account and send a personal check from your account to Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation . Be sure to include a note listing the cash donor's information and what individual/team the donation should be credited to.

Any donation made online should post immediately. If your donation does not post within 5 minutes, please contact Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.

You can't enter a check online. What you can do is enter a check as a pledge. This can be done in the fundraising section of your headquarters page. The status of the check will be pending until the check is received by Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation.

A Tax ID number identifies Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Many donors will request this number to validate their donation as tax-deductible. The Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation Tax ID number is 13-4281796.

As your donors make a contribution, they have the option of whether or not they want to appear in the Honor Roll.

Log in with your email and password to visit your headquarters page. Select My Fundraising Report on the left side. You will then find a list of all of your donors as well as a list of all donors to your team .

To easily send thank-you emails to donors, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your fundraiser dashboard by clicking the "My HQ" link in the top right
2. Click "My Fundraising Report" in the left sidebar
3. Locate the donor/donation you'd like to thank, and click "Send Email" (If the donor didn't submit their email address, this option is unavailable.)
4. Type the message in the pop-up window, and click "Send Email"

You are receiving these emails because we would like to keep you updated on your fundraising efforts. If you wish to stop receiving these updates, please login to your headquarters and edit your account preferences.

A personal URL is a shortened link to your team or personal page that you can send to friends and family in emails. A personal URL will look like this https://milesofhope.rallybound.org/community-walk-2024/ben.

When a donor makes a donation online, s/he can enter text to appear on the fundraising honor roll. This may be the donor's name, or it could be something like "From the whole Wolf family" or "In Memory of Aunt Cathy".