Earlier this month, Megan Walker and her daughter Lily embraced one another at their home in Havertown. Lily Walker was diagnosed with astrocytoma, a life-threatening brain cancer, in March 2019 when she was 14. The tumor is inoperable. Lily is now 17, and her tumor is stable and she's well enough to participate in Sunday's CHOP Parkway Run & Walk, presented by Citadel Credit Union, to raise funds for breakthrough pediatric cancer research and care.
two years because of COVID. Event organizers expect 9,000 to 10,000 people to converge early Sunday morning near Eakins Oval to participate in the 2022 Parkway Run and Walk. “We’re just really excited to be back in person and to raise as much money as possible for CHOP’s Cancer Center and to celebrate all of our families this year,” said Amanda Higgins, CHOP’s director of Peer to Peer Events.friends and families who plan to run or walk the race in honor of a former patient or to support a child currently receiving treatment at CHOP. Last year, the event raised $1.6 million, and organizers hope to beat that tally this year.