As crowds make their way along the Mitre 10 Mega Walk on Sunday, they will be joined by a large group who feel the walk's cause is close to their hearts.
A team of 18 involved with the child health unit at Hawke's Bay District Health Board will be "putting our best feet forward" to help CanTeen.
Support from the event empowers young people with cancer and helps them realise they are not on their own, with more than $100,000 raised for the organisation in six years through the fundraiser.
Group spokeswoman Sally Rudzevecuis said they had decided to join in because the walk "fitted so nicely with our child health work".
The team aim to improve the health of the population as a whole, and improve the health of individuals and their families/whanau within that community.