The first annual Nanette's Walk will be held in Middleburg on September 15, 2007. Nanette's Walk is a fundraising event for the Cherry Blossom Breast Cancer Fund, a fund of the Piedmont Community Foundation, and a tribute to Nanette Hewett White.

Nanette White was a beloved civic leader and long time member of the Middleburg community who lost her ten year battle against breast cancer in 1999.

The two mile walk will raise funds for breast cancer prevention and early detection through screening and education; provide support and community outreach to those individuals and families facing breast cancer in Loudoun and Fauquier counties; and to advance scientific research in the fight to eradicate breast cancer.

The walk will begin at the Middleburg Fitness Club, located at 7 West Washington St. in Middleburg, and continue through a portion of our historic town as well as the beautiful grounds of the Hill School.

Registration is at 8:30 am, followed by a kick off by the Master of Ceremonies, Betsy Davis, the current mayor of Middleburg. At 10:30 a.m. all participants will meet back at the Fitness Club where they will be eligible for a drawing and awards which have been generously donated by merchants in Loudoun and Fauquier County.

Children under 12 are free, well behaved dogs on leashes are welcome as are strollers. Sponsors of the event include Armfield, Miller & Ripley, Fine Properties, LLC; George White Fencing and Middleburg Self Storage; and The Graham Companies, Ltd..

For those interested in participating, please visit the Middleburg Fitness Club website at www.middleburgfitnessclub.com and look for the registration form which can be printed and mailed in along with team and pledge information. Please send registration forms and donations to CBBCF/PCF, P.O. Box 402, Middleburg, VA 20118.