Hundreds of people walked to get the word out about the importance of breast cancer awareness in downtown Bakersfield and at the park at River Walk on Thursday. Dozens of people laced up their walking shoes to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

It’s also a fundraiser to raise money so that local women under the age of 40 can get mammograms and ultra sounds if they need it.

Event participants were treated to lunch for showing their support.

Meanwhile All Tennessee’s Chris Johnson needs to complete his outfit for Sunday’s game against Jacksonville in a pink mouthpiece.

The Titans running back has the pink gloves and his pink shoes should arrive Friday. Johnson, one of four or five players on each NFL team wearing pink during National Breast Cancer Awareness month, doesn’t have a personal connection to the disease. He says it doesn’t matter if pink isn’t a manly football color, “it’s about breast cancer. You’re supporting them.”

Johnson, the AFC’s leading rusher with 351 yards, also leads the NFL in total yards from scrimmage with 457. He says his new shoes are mostly pink with some white thrown in. He says he won’t wear them until game day, he doesn’t “want to get them dirty.”