15th Sister to Sister Fitness Festival celebrates Breast Cancer Survivors on October 1st in Dallas

DALLAS - Sept. 19, 2016 - PRLog -- "As we prepare for this year's Sister to Sister Fitness Festival it is in the shadows of the death of a breast cancer survivor, Bobbie Jackson, who we have honored in the past. Her death makes this year's event even more meaningful and encourages our theme, "It's a Celebration," states Founder of the Celebrating Life Foundation, Sylvia Dunnavant Hines.

The Sister to Sister (5K) Fitness Festival will take place on Saturday, October, 1, 2016, at the Alan E Sims Cedar Hill Recreation Center, 310 East Parkerville Rd, in Cedar Hill, Texas.  This event raises funds and promotes the Celebrating Life Foundation in it's efforts to encourage, educate and empower those that are affected by breast cancer.

The program will include cooking demonstrations by Jacques Laventure, (The Naked Chef), and Chef Cassondra Armstrong. Others special guests will include Dr. Lawana, Gladney, Kim Washington, and hostess, Rebecca Lopez of WFAA. To register follow this link http://www.active.com/cedar-hill-tx/walking/sister-to-sister-fitness-festival-2016.

This year's event will celebrate the survivorship anniversaires of several local breast cancer survivors. It will also include a testimony by two-time breast cancer survivor, Karla Antoinette Baptiste, author of Dig in Your Heels: The Glamorous (and Not So Glamorous) Life of a Young Breast Cancer Survivor.

"It is has been so important for me with my battle with breast cancer to see other people who are survivors. It is incredibly encouraging when you are going through it and see those that are victorious,' states Karla Baptiste.

"The other thing about celebrating survivorship is, it helps to remove the fear from people that don't have breast cancer. Many women are scared if they get a lump or have anything suspicious going on with their breast. Many women still don't want to go and get checked out even though they know early detection is the key," added Baptiste.

The festivities will begin with an aerobic workout by Lucinda Butler at 8:00 AM. The race/walk will start at 8:30 am. Other activities include health information, mammograms (appointments can be scheduled at 214-947-0026), singers, dancers, and bra fittings by Dillard's.

The Celebrating Life Foundation is a non- profit organization devoted to educating the African American community and women of color about the risks of breast cancer, and the benefits of early detection and treatment. For more information, contact Celebrating Life Foundation at 214-475-0661 or visit www.celebratinglife.org.

This program is being sponsored by Charleston Methodist Health Hospital, and the Alan E. Sims Cedar Hill Recreation Center, the DeSoto Arts Commission, the Chris Howell Foundation and Know Your Status Dallas.