Canadian rollerblader skates through S.F. streets Friday to promote firefighter cancer prevention

by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News October 15, 2021October 15, 2021

Canadian Christine Ichim, who in 1996 became the first woman to rollerblade 5,000 miles across her home country to promote cancer research, will be in San Francisco on Friday to raise awareness for the San Francisco Fire Department Cancer Prevention Foundation. (Photo courtesy of San Francisco Fire Department)

Accompanied by San Francisco firefighters, Canadian rollerblader Christine Ichim will skate across the city on Friday to raise awareness for the San Francisco Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation.

Ichim was the first woman ever to rollerblade across Canada in 1996, in efforts to raise awareness for cancer research.

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