The 10th Grouse Hill Gallop 5K Raises $2,179 to Benefit Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

From left to right: Grouse Hill Gallop Co-Founder, Mike Gribble, Amanda E. Marchegiani, Community Relations Coordinator, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, and Eric Pochas, Grouse Hill Gallop Co-Founder. Absent from the photo: Grouse Hill Gallop Co-Founder, Marty Lawler, Jr.

The 10th year of the Grouse Hill Gallop 5K run/walk event took place on Thanksgiving morning in Greenfield Township. This year, the grassroots group chose the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute (NRCI) as their benefiting organization. Community members joined together on Thanksgiving morning to compete in a 5K run in their neighborhood. The donations were collected at the event and online, and through their efforts, they earned $2,179. These funds will help ease the burden of cancer in northeast Pennsylvania. All funds will stay local and support NRCI’s community programming and services. Several Grouse Hill neighbors have been affected by cancer.

About The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is a nonprofit community-based agency serving seven counties in northeast Pennsylvania with offices located in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre for more than 30 years.  Focusing on surveillance, community and patient services, and hospital and practice support services, the Cancer Institute invests 100% of its resources locally.