FAQ’s

General Walk Information

The Walk will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023. The Walk staging area will open at 7:15 am and the Walk begins at 8:00 am.

The Walk site is under review. It will be DC based. Route maps will be available on Walk Day. Don’t live near by then you can walk in your own town. Make sure you share your pictures with us. 

Adults: $50; Youths 12 and older: $35

No, your registration fee helps defray the costs of producing the Walk and is not considered tax-deductible. However, any amount that you choose to donate above the entry fee is tax-deductible.

A Walking Warrior t-shirt, food, music, fun and a great feeling!

You can register online by clicking ‘Get Involved’ in the menu above or by clicking here.

Online registration closes Friday, April 28, 2023.

T-shirts will be mailed out approximately one week prior to the walk. Shipping costs are included in your registration fee.

The success of the Walk depends heavily on the support we receive from our volunteers in the months leading up to the Walk and on Walk Day. There are many ways you can get involved. For more information, contact Martha at [email protected].

Pets are not recommended, given the length of the route. However service animals, as needed, are allowed. 

The walk will happen rain or shine. Please dress accordingly.

Yes! We have all the information you need to know available on our Training Tips page.

Fundraising Information

The fundraising requirement is $500. Of course, if you raise more, we applaud you. Just Imagine the IMPACT – if every Walker raised just $500, we would bring in an additional $100,000 to support local screening, treatment and educational programs in our community!

Yes! Up to 50% of the income from the Walk benefits the National Capital Region (Northern VA, Washington DC and Maryland) to fund vital breast cancer health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs. The other 50% goes toward supporting a junior research faculty grant to investigate metastatic breast cancer prevention and treatment.

WWBBC is a Virginia nonprofit corporation. WWBBC is a public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our Federal Employer Tax ID number is 83-1492712.

You can donate online or mail checks to Walking Warriors Battling Breast Cancer, you can also use the abbreviation WWBBC. If the donation is on behalf of an individual participant, please include that information with the check. Please mail checks to:

Walking Warriors
c/o Joanne Casey
10901 Deborah Drive
Potomac, MD 20854

Share your Walk fundraising page to Facebook. Just visit your page and click the Facebook icon or whichever social media service you want to share to.