2020 North Shore Cancer WALK Postponed

Due to the current unprecedented Covid-19 situation the North Shore Medical Center has made the decision to postpone the North Shore Cancer WALK, scheduled for June 28, 2020, to later this year.

Susan Lausier, Senior Development Officer and WALK Manager at North Shore Medical Center issued the following statement regarding the WALK postponement:

“We have been monitoring the ongoing spread of Covid-19, a completely unparalleled situation and uncharted territory for everyone. To protect the health and safety of our North Shore community, we have made the decision to postpone the North Shore Cancer WALK to later this year. We are working with the City of Salem to find a new date, hopefully in the early fall, and will let you know as soon as that date has been confirmed.

The WALK is VERY important to our community and has benefited thousands of patients over the past 30 years. We are unbelievably thankful for our WALKers, sponsors, volunteers and everyone associated with this event.

We are aware that many of our WALKers and their teams have been forced to postpone their fundraising events due to this outbreak. Because of this, we have also made the decision to extend the fundraising deadline for this year’s WALK to December 31 (as opposed to August 31) to allow plenty of time to reschedule fundraisers if desired.

This decision was incredibly difficult for us to make, but the safety and health of our WALK community is of utmost importance. During this time of social distancing, please stay connected with your loved ones and keep yourself safe. We will continue to update our website and social media pages as information becomes available. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please email us at cancerwalk@partners.org. Thank you again for your continued support. We are all in this together.”