Comments on: Racing for a Cure

By: clarkp

clarkp — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:12:07 +0000

juliarr, I’ll have to admit that I was a walker during Saturday’s event…but a fast one. Despite the oppressive heat in D.C. on Saturday, over 50,000 people participated and raised over $4.9 million.

Congrats on running for such a great cause and good luck!

By: juliarr

juliarr — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:37:45 +0000

This is a wonderful to honor your god-mother. I am having my baseline mammogram in July and will be running (for the first time in my LIFE) in the Race in September. Have a wonderful time and continue to spread the word so we can ensure a safe future for our daughter’s breasts .

Julia–http://mommyrunning.wordpress.com/

By: clarkp

clarkp — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:13:47 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story Sandy. A complete list of other Komen events may be found at http://cms.komen.org/komen/NewsEvents/FindAnEvent/index.htm.

By: Sandy Kirkpatrick

Sandy Kirkpatrick — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:09:04 +0000

Participating in one of the Susan G. Komen Foundation events is an amazing and inspiring experience. I’ve walked in the Race for the Cure and the Breast Cancer 3-day walk (60 miles in 3 days), and will do so again in San Francisco this September. Raising money for this foundation helps move important breast cancer research forward. My cousin is a survivor, and when she was diagnosed, she said the Komen Foundation was a pivotal source of information and support, and she benefitted from new treatments that came about from Komen Foundation-funded research.

But these events are more than fundraising, as important as that is. It’s about gathering people together to raise awareness, and supporting those who are fighting for their lives. So if any of you out there haven’t been to a Komen Foundation Race for the Cure or the Breast Cancer 3-Day event (www.the3day.org), find one near you. If you can’t be a walker, be a volunteer to help out at the event. You won’t regret it!