Ambassadors

Olga Commandeur Former Olympic track athlete. I’m a woman and my body is important for me. I’m hosting a daily workout show in Holland. Every single day I’m working for a better health of Dutch people as well as staying in good health myself. In the future it would be great if people with breast cancer will get a better treatment, a sooner treatment and a more adequate treatment. Besides better treatments, I think it’s important to expand research to find possible prevention methods for breast cancer. That’s why I want to support this walk and A Sister’s Hope mission. I want to start the walk with a warming-up with all the participants.

	Anniko van Santen Presenter of AVRO program "Opsporing Verzocht"Anniko was a host of several programs about nature and animals. She wants to improve together with A Sister’s Hope the care of breast cancer patients in Holland.

	Yvonne Kroonenberg Newspaper Columnist, walked A Sister's Hope 60K. Yvonne Kroonenberg is a writer. She supports A Sister’s Hope to raise as much money as possible for breast cancer research.

Petrousjka van den Tol Oncologische Chirurg Dr. van den Tol, VU Medisch Centrum Amsterdam A strong initiative. 1 in 9 women in Holland will be diagnosed with breastcancer in her lifetime. Breastcancer still causes death but more and more people survive breastcancer. When people discover the disease in an early stage, the prognose for the future is good after the (often multiple) treatment. That’s what we know now but there is so much more we don’t know. Why do more and more people in Holland get breastcancer? Why do people get it? On which moment do people get it? How can we discover breastcancer more often in the early stages? With which combination can we reach the best chance of survival? How can we get the best quality of life for patients and what influences the best quality of life? We want to give an answer to all of these questions. That’s only possible with scientific research. Research costs money. That’s why an initiative like the A Sister’s Hope 60k walk is so important. I support the initiative with 100%. More knowledge only can lead to decrease the risks of breastcancer, increase the survival chance and a better life after surviving breastcancer. Besides this, an initiative like this and the publicity around A Sister’s Hope will take away the taboo of speaking in public about breastcancer. This will lead to more alertness for women to discover any signs of breastcancer in more early stages. A Sister’s Hope supports direct and indirect the realisation of better treatments and a better prognose of breastcancer patients. Walk with us, fight with us!

Police Chief Welten Politie Amsterdam-Amstelland I support this particular initiative! Numbers say enough! 1 in 9 women in Holland will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. That means everybody knows somebody in their environment with this horrible disease. My sympathy goes to an organization like A Sister’s Hope who is dedicated to fight against breast cancer. With the walk later this year, A Sister’s Hope will give breast cancer patients a better perspective for the future. Walks are hugely successful in the United States – raising millions of dollars toward research and services for women each year – so I’m convinced the 60k walk for A Sister’s Hope will be a huge success in Holland. I want to ask everybody to walk from Amersfoort to Amsterdam for this great initiative. Walkers need to give 1,500 euro each, a big amount of money but also a big challenge. I ask everybody to keep the common mission in mind, walk together against breast cancer, we can do it!

Ingrid Paul Skate coach of the Telfort Team and former Olympian When I heard about A Sister’s Hope for the first time, I was enthusiastic about this foundation from that moment. What a great initiative! As a coach of ice speed-skating, in fact you’re busy with just one thing: making my pupils the best ice speed-skaters as possible by training day in, day out. Topsport is fantastic! But of course there’s more in life. I have two sisters and I’m glad we’re spending lots of time together. To be honest, fighting against breast cancer is real topsport. The goal is not a gold medal anymore, the goal is to stay alive and people have to show their strength to survive. You have to do it yourself but fortunately not all by yourself. Like ice speed-skating, you always need a team. A Sister’s Hope is a team like that, organizing some great events and is future-minded. I like the mission of A Sister’s Hope: raising money for breast cancer research by walking two days. It’s amazing to see how many sponsors support A Sister’s Hope. It’s a real challenge for participants to raise 1,500 euros each! Keep up the good work, people, give your sisters hope… let’s make many kilometres together and a lots of money for breast cancer research!!!

Cees Vervoorn Director of the ALO in Amsterdam and three-time Olympian It’s important for everybody to have a healthy and active life. That’s why I committed a big part of my life to all kind of sports. As well as my own professional career as a swimmer as well as a coach and director of the Academy for Physical Education, I encourage everybody to be active! A Sister’s Hope 60k walk is a great example of people who are not only physically committted to the fight against breast cancer. The 60k walk will inspire people to be active, makes them stronger and shows all the people in Holland that we all have to fight against breast cancer. Cees vervoorn is former olympic swimmer (1976, 1980 and 1984) and former olympic coach (1984, 1988 and 1992). In 1996 and 2000 he was ‘chef de mission’ of the Dutch Paralympic Team and currently he’s the director of the Academy of Physical Education in Amsterdam.