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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks 2025

Roughly 1,500 UFT members raised more than $198,000 for breast cancer research and patient services in this year’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks. On two Sundays in October – Oct. 19 and Oct. 26 – members walked in all five boroughs and on Long Island to raise awareness and needed funds.

Members from PS 84 on Staten Island, the Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners, during the Staten Island Making Strides Against Breast Cancerwalk.

It’s a banner day for members from PS 84 on Staten Island, the Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners, during the Staten Island walk on Oct. 26. 

Members from Concord HS on Staten Island show up to “walk for the cure” at Midland Beach on Oct. 26.

Members from Concord HS on Staten Island show up to “walk for the cure” at  Midland Beach on Oct. 26.

Members from PS 199X take a photo at the finish line of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in the Bronx on Oct. 26.

It’s a picture-perfect finish for the team from PS 199 in the Bronx at the walk at Bay Plaza in the Bronx on Oct. 26.

Three UFT members raise their arms in triumph during a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19 in Queens.

Raising their arms in triumph during the Queens walk on Oct. 19 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park are District 75 Queens program colleagues Indira Harris, a paraprofessional at P9, Chapter Leader Rob Roszkowski of P993 and Chapter Leader Francisca Gachett of P9.

Erica Berger
Members from William Cullen Bryant HS take a group photo in their matching pink attire in front of the Fountain of the Planets at Flushing Meadows Corona Park during the Queens Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19.

Members from William Cullen Bryant HS in Astoria, Queens, gather to do a “world” of good as they kick off their Queens walk in front of the Fountain of the Planets at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.  

Erica Berger
Members taking part in the walk on Long Island are all smiles at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 19.

Members taking part in the walk on Long Island are all smiles at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 19.

Two teachers and good friends take a photo during the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19. The woman on the right is a breast cancer survivor.

Teachers and dear friends Ruby Frink (left) and Denise Nales of PS/IS 206 in Brooklyn take part in Manhattan’s Central Park walk on Oct. 19 in honor of Nales’ journey as an eight-year breast cancer survivor.

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher and her husband smile for the camera during the 2025 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Manhattan on October 19.

Teacher Susan Jimenez of PS 200 in Harlem “makes strides” during the Manhattan walk accompanied by her husband.

Jonathan Fickies
Members from PS 28 in Harlem take a group photo at the 2025 Making Strides Walk in Central Park.

Chapter Leader Elkis Felice (second right) of PS 28 in Harlem is joined by her PS 28 colleagues for the Making Strides Walk in Central Park.

Jonathan Fickies
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Members from PS 84 on Staten Island, the Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners, during the Staten Island Making Strides Against Breast Cancerwalk.

It’s a banner day for members from PS 84 on Staten Island, the Waverly Academy of Empowered Learners, during the Staten Island walk on Oct. 26. 

Members from Concord HS on Staten Island show up to “walk for the cure” at Midland Beach on Oct. 26.

Members from Concord HS on Staten Island show up to “walk for the cure” at  Midland Beach on Oct. 26.

Members from PS 199X take a photo at the finish line of the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in the Bronx on Oct. 26.

It’s a picture-perfect finish for the team from PS 199 in the Bronx at the walk at Bay Plaza in the Bronx on Oct. 26.

Three UFT members raise their arms in triumph during a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19 in Queens.

Raising their arms in triumph during the Queens walk on Oct. 19 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park are District 75 Queens program colleagues Indira Harris, a paraprofessional at P9, Chapter Leader Rob Roszkowski of P993 and Chapter Leader Francisca Gachett of P9.

Erica Berger
Members from William Cullen Bryant HS take a group photo in their matching pink attire in front of the Fountain of the Planets at Flushing Meadows Corona Park during the Queens Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19.

Members from William Cullen Bryant HS in Astoria, Queens, gather to do a “world” of good as they kick off their Queens walk in front of the Fountain of the Planets at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.  

Erica Berger
Members taking part in the walk on Long Island are all smiles at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 19.

Members taking part in the walk on Long Island are all smiles at Jones Beach State Park on Oct. 19.

Two teachers and good friends take a photo during the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk on October 19. The woman on the right is a breast cancer survivor.

Teachers and dear friends Ruby Frink (left) and Denise Nales of PS/IS 206 in Brooklyn take part in Manhattan’s Central Park walk on Oct. 19 in honor of Nales’ journey as an eight-year breast cancer survivor.

Jonathan Fickies
A teacher and her husband smile for the camera during the 2025 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Manhattan on October 19.

Teacher Susan Jimenez of PS 200 in Harlem “makes strides” during the Manhattan walk accompanied by her husband.

Jonathan Fickies
Members from PS 28 in Harlem take a group photo at the 2025 Making Strides Walk in Central Park.

Chapter Leader Elkis Felice (second right) of PS 28 in Harlem is joined by her PS 28 colleagues for the Making Strides Walk in Central Park.

Jonathan Fickies