Orange Fairgrounds Hosts Walk & Festival on Sunday, May 14

A woman’s passion to find a cure for gynecologic cancers lives on and a walk and festival fundraiser is scheduled for Sunday, May 7, 2023 at the Orange Fairgrounds, 525 Orange Center Road in Orange at the Beverly Levy Walk and Festival. It is free and open to the public and donations will be accepted.

Approximately 100,000 women in the United States are diagnosed annually with a gynecologic cancer. In 2010, when Beverly Levy, Woodbridge resident was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, she knew her life was going to be shortened by this disease. Beverly, was determined to make the most of her time and try to do something to help future generations of women avoid what she was going through.

While in the midst of chemo therapy, Beverly along with a strong group of friends started a walk in the Greater New Haven area in 2013 to raise funds that would go directly to Yale research for women’s gynecologic cancers. Sadly we lost Beverly in 2014, but thanks to her spirit and memories of her courage and a supportive committee, the event has been expanded to a full day .

It is very important to get the messaging out about Gynecologic cancers, and to continue to raise funds for the continued research to help save women’s lives.

Schedule of the day - Sunday, May 14, 2023

10:00am - 10:45am: Registration

10:45am - 11:30am: Emcee Matt Scott, Meteorologist Fox 61 News

Presentations

11:30am - 12:15pm: Walk & Team Photos

12:15pm - 12:45 pm: Performance by Grilled Chi Acoustic Guitar Duo

12:45pm - 1:15pm: DJ Jeff

1:15pm - 1:45pm: Mulkerin School of Irish Dance

1:45pm - 2:15pm: DJ Jeff

2:15pm - 3:15pm: Concert by LunchBox

During this time there will be a variety of vendors, a children's section, Read To Grow Book Mobile, Lucky Dogs Refuge, Yale New Haven Hospital Mobile Mammography (See more info below), Big Green Pizza Truck, Liberty Rock Tavern, Szabo Seafood Truck, and Mister Softee.

If you can't make the walk we invite you to come join us for the afternoon! No registration is needed for the day's events except for the walk portion.

It will be a day for the whole family bring a blanket, chairs, hang out for part or the whole day. There is only a cost to participate in the walk. The event is still accepting additional applications for vendors and volunteers. Walk – Ins welcome all day!

For more information on participating and timing of scheduled events please go to www.wizathon.com/discovery-to-cure/ or reach out to ruthann.ornstein@yale.edu