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03-14-2008, 12:28 PM
What: Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
When: April 5, 2008
Where: Trustmark Park, Pearl, Mississippi
Time: 9:00
Cost: $25 if you wish to participate, $30 if you want to support the cause but don't actually want to race
On April 5, 2008, the Central Mississippi Susan G. Komen affiliate (http://www.komen-ms.org/) will hold the 2008 Race for the Cure. Registration opens at 8:00, and the actual race begins at 9:00.
Cost to enter the race is $25. Proceeds from this race stay in Mississippi to help women HERE fight breast cancer.
Several of us here from myhattiesburg are members of Race Teams or have registered as individuals. If you'd like to support our fundraising efforts with a tax-deductible donation, feel free click on the following links:
http://race.komencentralms.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1020&team_id=2010
http://race.komencentralms.org/goto/jenspage
If you've never been to a Race for the Cure event, it is an emotional, powerful experience. You'll see women in pink t-shirts and pink hats...those are survivors. At the survivor ceremony that takes place before the race, they recognize how long these women have survived. Some as short as a week (because they've just been diagnosed), some as long as 40 years.
During the race, you'll see people with pink placards on their backs that say "I race in Memory of..." (mine always says "Sherian McMillin-Ma- 02/27/95") and "I race in Celebration of..." (mine say "Meta Matthews" and "Janet Moses"). There are so many women...as well as men who are there to support their wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters. Children running ahead and coming back.
You don't have to "race"...it's a run/walk.
Currently, there are 435 people registered for the Race, a number I find to be a little on the...sad side. We'd love to have you join us.
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When: April 5, 2008
Where: Trustmark Park, Pearl, Mississippi
Time: 9:00
Cost: $25 if you wish to participate, $30 if you want to support the cause but don't actually want to race
On April 5, 2008, the Central Mississippi Susan G. Komen affiliate (http://www.komen-ms.org/) will hold the 2008 Race for the Cure. Registration opens at 8:00, and the actual race begins at 9:00.
Cost to enter the race is $25. Proceeds from this race stay in Mississippi to help women HERE fight breast cancer.
Several of us here from myhattiesburg are members of Race Teams or have registered as individuals. If you'd like to support our fundraising efforts with a tax-deductible donation, feel free click on the following links:
http://race.komencentralms.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=1020&team_id=2010
http://race.komencentralms.org/goto/jenspage
If you've never been to a Race for the Cure event, it is an emotional, powerful experience. You'll see women in pink t-shirts and pink hats...those are survivors. At the survivor ceremony that takes place before the race, they recognize how long these women have survived. Some as short as a week (because they've just been diagnosed), some as long as 40 years.
During the race, you'll see people with pink placards on their backs that say "I race in Memory of..." (mine always says "Sherian McMillin-Ma- 02/27/95") and "I race in Celebration of..." (mine say "Meta Matthews" and "Janet Moses"). There are so many women...as well as men who are there to support their wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters. Children running ahead and coming back.
You don't have to "race"...it's a run/walk.
Currently, there are 435 people registered for the Race, a number I find to be a little on the...sad side. We'd love to have you join us.
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa309/fuzzis/tattoo-1.jpg