Students from McCallie School and Girls Preparatory School will walk a 2.5-mile route through Chattanooga's North Shore and Downtown to raise money and awareness for cancer research on Wednesday.
"Mission: Remission" gives students from both schools an outlet to honor those whose lives have been impacted by cancer and raise funds through the purchase of t-shirts that they will wear for the walk.
This event has been held in the spring until now, but has been moved to a fall event.
Last spring, about 1,500 students walked in the event, and a similar number are expected to participate Wednesday.
The Mission: Remission walk will begin at 1 p.m. on the athletic fields at GPS, and the route will take students near Coolidge Park, across the Walnut Street Walking Bridge to downtown, by the Tennessee Aquarium, up the Riverwalk to the Hunter Museum and back across the walking bridge to finish at GPS.