Avon to End Sponsorship of Three-Day Fund-Raising Walks

The Avon Foundation is bowing out of the four-year-old Avon Breast Cancer three-day walks held in cities across the United States to raise money for breast cancer research.

The 2002 walks will be their last as Avon says they will be pursuing other fundraising ideas.

The annual walks will continue without Avon's involvement, according to a representative from Pallotta TeamWorks, the event's professional organizer. A new sponsor for the walks has not yet been identified.

"Avon remains fully committed to the success of the 2002 series of thirteen Breast Cancer 3-Days and to the responsible management and disbursement of the net funds raised this year," said Kathleen Walas, President of the Avon Foundation. "Avon's 10-year commitment to the breast cancer cause is unwavering, and we will continue our fund raising in the U.S. and around the world in 2002 and 2003 and beyond."

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