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Promise Walk Raises Thousands
Charity walk raised over $17,000 for pregnancy disease.
The 2012 Cranford Promise Walk for Preeclampsia was by all measures a success.
The event, organized by Springfield mother and daughter team and sponsored by Overlook Medical Center and Jersey Family Fun, attracted 114 walkers and has raised $17,000 so far. Both the amount raised and the number of participants are a dramatic spike over the 2011 inaugural walk, which .
Stephanie Steiner said that two husbands/dads who lost their wives to Preeclampsia, one of them 14 yrs ago and the other only seven months ago, were among the participants. Steiner, herself a Preeclampsia survivor, said that hearing their personal stories was "devastating," and said she hoped the walk would do a part in raising awareness and fighting the disease.
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It was an incredible yet very emotional day," Steiner said in an email. "We raised an immeasurable amount of awareness through the state of NJ."
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