North Central Alabama Race for the Cure 2010 Information
Date of Event: October 09, 2010
7:00 a.m. Registration and Packet Pick-Up
8:30 a.m. Survivor Parade
9:00 a.m. 5K starts
10:00am 1 mile fun run/walk
Length of Race: 5K (3.1 miles) run/fitness walk
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk
Course Location: Linn Park, Birmingham AL (From I-65 South and I-20/59 East, exit 17th Street (Exit 125A). Proceed one block to first traffic light at 8th Avenue North. Take a left onto 8th Avenue North. Linn Park will be on the right on 8th Avenue.) Race course is USA Track & Field (USATF) Certified.
Start Line: In front of Boutwell Auditorium on 8th Avenue.
Finish Line: 20th Street North and 6th Ave North - ending at Linn Park.
Chairpersons: Kathy Stein, Local Race Co-Chair, Tel: 205.617.7029, Email: Coralbay22@gmail.com
Trish Portuese, Local Race Co-Chair, Tel: 205.933.8911, Email: runtrish@bellsouth.net
Affiliate Contact: Ellen Zahariadis, Executive Director, Tel: 205.930.8886, Email: komen@bellsouth.net
Media Contact: Ginger Pegues, Communications Chair, gpegues@bellsouth.net 205.706.9205
Entrants: More than 15,000 runners and walkers (women, men and children) are expected.
Event Registration: Registration is available online at WWW.KOMENNCALABAMA.ORG. Entry forms also at local Ford dealers, local sponsor locations, and area fitness and running stores. Entry Fee is $30 for Adults and $15 for children 14yrs and under. Individuals may register as Team members through September 27, 2010. Participants may register as individuals through the day of the Race.
Beneficiary: 75 percent of net proceeds from the Race will remain in north central Alabama to fund community projects related to breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment. Through events like the Komen North Central Alabama Race for the Cure, over $3 million in local breast health education, screening and awareness programs has been funded throughout 38 counties in north central Alabama. The remainder of the net proceeds (a minimum of 25 percent) funds groundbreaking breast cancer research. Since 2003, UAB has received nearly $13 million in research funding from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
National Presenting Sponsor: Yoplait
National Sponsors: American Airlines, Ask.com, Bank of America, Ford, New Balance, Quilted Northern Ultra, RE/MAX and SELF Magazine. National Survivor Recognition Sponsor: Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity (ZTA).
Local Sponsors: FOX 6, Vic Smith CPA, Cory Watson Crowder & DeGaris, Long Lewis Ford Lincoln Mercury, Colonial Brookwood Village, HOAR Construction (as of 6.10.2010)
2009 Race for the Cure Information:
13,969 registered participants
15,000 estimated attendees in Linn Park on Race Day
451 Teams registered
$1,004,506 raised from the event (9.1% increase over 2009)
2009 Komen North Central Alabama Affiliate Accomplishments & Highlights
$530,000 allocated in local Community Grants
$250,000 contributed to Breast Cancer Research
$30,000 allocated for community travel grants, conference grants and small project grants
Current Local Community Grants funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure North Central Alabama:
- Alabama Breast & Cervical Early Detection Program Alabama Dept of Public Health $350,000
- Aquatic Exercise for Breast Cancer Survivors Lakeshore Foundation $20,000
- UAB/ACS Patient Navigator Project American Cancer Society $15,000
- Latina Lunches for Breast Health St. Vincent’s Health System $5,000
- Komen Community Health Advisors for Minority Breast Cancer Outreach and Education UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center/Deep South Network $50,000
- UAB – Patient Support for Triple Negative Breast Cancer New Treatment Clinical Trial – Komen Promise Grant $50,000
- HOPE Lodge, Breast Cancer Patient Support American Cancer Society $40,000
