An Alachua County resident and colorectal cancer survivor who last year was featured in an awareness campaign on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is continuing to educate the public about the disease.
Terrence Pollard’s colon cancer awareness/educational journey will continue as he participates in this year’s “Climb for a Cure” fundraiser to be held July 18-20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Pollard will participate in the fundraiser to honor a fellow colon cancer survivor he met a couple of years ago on a flight to a gathering of colon cancer survivor ambassadors. The ambassador group, which started out with 15 members, is now down to 11 with the death of Pollard’s beloved friend, Jessie Fox, of Ohio, in late June…