Whether it happens to you or someone you know, everyone is affected by breast cancer in one way or another.

In fact, one out of every eight women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point during their lives, and that’s why Cub Scout Pack 337 out of Edgar organized their first ever Breast Cancer Walk.

Over the month of June, the kids went door to door asking for donations, and it all culminated Saturday and Sunday as the kids walked sixteen miles around Edgar to raise awareness for the disease.

Their parents and troop leaders say they couldn’t be more proud of the kids for enduring the long walk to help those who need it.

Adam Chapes, a parent who also participated in the walk says, “Some of these kids are infants in strollers, and some of them are four, five, six years old, walking sixteen miles for a good cause, so we’re very proud of them.”

The walk finished Sunday around noon at Minnow Park Pond, where the tired kids couldn’t have been happier to present their check to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure.

The final tally was an impressive $1,751 raised, and the troop says they couldn’t have done it without the help and generosity of their sponsors, as well as the community.

Planning has already begun for a second walk next year, and organizers say they’ve been talking with other Cub Scout packs from around the area to make it even bigger.