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Merchants Team Joins Buffalo’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

Team Merchants at the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, 2024

Team Merchants! From left: Amanda Phillips, Karen Makey, Charles Makey, Janice Wojtanik, Liberty Snyder, Erica Dalton, Dawn Malek, and Michelle Malek

 

On Saturday, October 19, 2024, a group of Merchants colleagues and guests joined fundraising teams from all over Western New York to participate in the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

This year’s 3-mile walk around the Buffalo Outer Harbor helped raise over $275,000 toward breast cancer research and other essential programs and services for breast cancer patients, their caregivers, and survivors. Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events take place in more than 150 communities nationwide, making it the “nation’s largest and most impactful breast cancer movement.”

“The Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk was a fantastic event, full of hope and inspiration,” said Charles E. Makey, III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merchants Insurance Group. “Cancer has, unfortunately, touched all of our lives. Everyone either has lost a loved one, been a caregiver, knows a survivor or someone currently fighting, or even fought cancer themselves. It’s powerful to see the generosity of our colleagues to team up for such an important cause.”

Janice Wojtanik, Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer, was the Merchants Team Leader for the event.

“It was a beautiful day to support so many of the colleagues, friends, and family members who have had to deal with breast cancer,” Ms. Wojtanik said.

This was Merchants’ first year participating in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the team was proud to support the important work of the Making Strides movement and the American Cancer Society.

 

Learn more about Merchants’ philanthropic involvement across its local communities here.

 

 

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About the American Cancer Society

“The mission of the American Cancer Society is to improve the lives of people with cancer and their families through advocacy, research, and patient support, to ensure everyone has an opportunity to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer.”

Katherine Trautwein

Merchants Insurance Group

Merchants Insurance Group sells its products through a network of more than 1,000 independent insurance agents in Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. We sell our products through independent insurance agents because we believe they provide value to policyholders through their broad range of products and their insurance expertise.