DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – A walk that raises money to help families battling cancer returned to De Pere on Sunday.
It was the fifth annual Jayma Van Straten Memorial Redbird Ribbon Walk at the De Pere High School track. Jayma participated in the first year of the event back in 2022 while she was battling brain cancer. She passed away that summer.
Her husband Dan Van Straten, who organizes the event each year, renamed the event after his wife when she passed away. Each year, families who have battled or are battling cancer and their supporters come out to De Pere’s track to take part in the event…