$75G is goal for Griffin Hospital cancer center 5K benefit

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
DERBY — The third annual 5K walk/run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital is fast approaching, and organizers are hoping to reach 750 participants.
Event directors Lori Murphy and Laura Howell, radiation therapists at the center, said their goal is to raise $75,000.
Last year’s event netted nearly $30,000, said Connie Evans, executive director of the Griffin Development Fund.
Murphy said she and Howell came up with the walk to draw attention to the cancer center, which opened in October 2008.

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