Walk for Growing Hope benefits childhood cancer research and support

Since 2006, the Optimist Club of Greater Vienna, Virginia has held the "Walk for Growing Hope" as part of Optimist International's Childhood Cancer Campaign.  The event takes place annually on the first Saturday in October.  More than $140,000 has been raised since its inception.

Twenty-five percent of the funds have been forwarded to the Johns Hopkins Research Hospital and 75% has remained in the community to help local children diagnosed with cancer and their families through Growing Hope, a nonprofit organization that helps educate families, entertain the patients and provide support to the entire family affected by the cancer diagnosis of a child or sibling. 

Find out more about the Walk for Growing Hope here.