Welcome to Wall of Hope Breast Cancer Survivors' Project

The dream of more than 1,500 breast cancer survivors in California is to see a mile of breast cancer survivors pictures in Washington, D. C. The exhibit is called the Mile of Survival, and will carry more than 37,000 portraits of survivors of breast cancer from all over the United States.

It's purpose will be to call attention to the disease of breast AND OTHER CANCERS as relates to the problems we are creating with chemicals in our environment that are making us sick. The public needs to learn about, and then acknowledge, the link between the meteoric rise of cancer and other chronic diseases and the problem of unchecked pollution that continues on a daily basis of our air, land, and oceans and waterways. continue...

Glamour photos to raise breast cancer awareness

DRESS UP: Cindy Zoll, left, laughs as Kelley Sweet, a Los Angeles photographer, dresses her up for a breast cancer survivor glamour shot. Zoll, 41, of Redding, along with nearly 50 other north state women, signed up to be part of a proposed mile-long breast cancer survivor wall.

HAIR AFFAIR: Alice Slagle, a 67-year-old Millville breast cancer survivor, basks in her makeover as May Goerges, a Shasta Lake hairdresser, readies her for a glamour shot.

By Christy Lochrie, Record Searchlight
October 4, 2004

Every show needs a warm-up act. For Marilyn Axelrod Burch, it was the Wall of Hope. The 200-foot project features photos of 1,500 California breast cancer survivors. In May, a 100-foot portion showcased 750 Northern California breast cancer survivors at the Churn Creek Road post office in Redding.

Now, she's working on a Mile of photos. "I think people are intrigued by something that big," Axelrod Burch said.

But first she needs 37,500 breast cancer survivors from across the United States for her project, which she hopes to display in Washington, D.C., within three years.

That's why Axelrod Burch, herself a 14-year breast cancer survivor, hosted a recent two-day photo event at Riverview Golf and Country Club in Redding for 50 Redding area breast cancer survivors. read more...