The schedule is out – the Avon Foundation for Women announced the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer series will return in 2014 to all eight cities that hosted a 2013 Avon Walk.

The events taking place in 2014, which is the program’s eleventh year, will raise funds that help to ensure all women have access to health care, while also advancing research the prevention and cure of breast cancer.

The 2014 Avon Walk season is open for registration and will take place in these cities:

• Houston, April 12-13
• Washington, May 3-4
• Boston, May 17-18
• Chicago, May 31-June 1
• San Francisco, July 12-13
• Santa Barbara, CA, September 6-7
• New York,October 18-19
• Charlotte, NC,October 25-26

Registration is also open for the remaining 2013 Avon Walks in Santa Barbara, Calif. (September 7-8); San Francisco (September 28-29); New York (October 19-20); and Charlotte, N.C. (October 26-27).

Since 2003, more than 187,000 Avon Walk participants have collectively walked more than 6.2 million miles – a total of more than 247 times around the globe. All of that walking and fund-raising has helped the Avon Foundation support more than 3 million mammograms in the United States and award more than 2,300 grants for breast cancer research, clinical care and support services.

“We are thrilled to be returning to our eight Avon Walk cities once again in 2014,” said Carol Kurzig, president, Avon Foundation for Women.

She continued, “The dedication of our thousands of Walkers and Crew from across the country have helped the Avon Foundation raise nearly $488 million to accelerate critical, life-saving breast cancer research and to improve access to breast health screening and care for those in need. The Avon Foundation is inspired by the energy and devotion of each and every Avon Walker and Crew member.”