Tomorrow at 9:30 a.m., two-time breast cancer survivor Sharon Carter will kick off the fourth annual Pink Lady Walk, a 2.2-mile neighborhood trek that starts and ends at Jimmy Gill Park.

Carter founded the walk to raise money for women whose lives have been affected by breast cancer. Her charity was approved as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit two years after she started the walk.

The Pink Lady Walk is different from most breast cancer awareness programs because the money she raises goes directly to women who have fought or are fighting cancer instead of research.

Last year’s walk brought in $2,000, which she then split up between three recipients. This year, she hopes to raise $3,000, which can be spent by the women on anything they choose.

“If they need is to buy prescriptions, fine. Or to pay for gas to get to and from treatment — that’s fine, too,” she said. “If they want to use the money to go to a movie or buy a wig or get their nails done, well, that’s just as important.”

“It is amazing how much just getting out and doing something you enjoy can make you feel better,” she added.

Carter said the recipients for this year have already been chosen. Donations to the walk will go to a breast cancer survivor in Huntsville and an Athens woman facing a cancer battle and bills with no insurance.

While registration is closed, people can still donate at the event Saturday or any time at www.pinkladywalk.org. Carter added that registration was required to receive a T-shirt with the event’s logo, but that anybody can show up to support or join the walk.

In addition to the walk, the day’s events include a free breakfast at 7:30 a.m., a pink balloon release, a live DJ and a featured speaker who will share her breast cancer story. Carter also hopes to arrange pink T-shirt-clad participants into a giant breast cancer awareness ribbon, symbolizing the community’s unified support for those touched by the disease.

Cancer-free since completing treatments that accompanied her second cancer diagnosis in 2012, she hopes to expand her charity so that she can do more fundraising and ultimately help more women.

“Right now I’m working with the financial counselor at the Cancer Center in Huntsville,” she said. “I want them to be able to refer people to my charity if they need help with extra expenses. But I got to get my funds up so I have something to give them.”