2008 Woodie Awards
Women's Center sponsors Race for Cure student team
Corey Hennigan
Issue date: 9/18/08 Section: NEWS
When the 26th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure starts on Oct. 18, there will be some green amid the sea of pink hats and T-shirts as NT students sponsored by the Women's Center will raise money for a race to end breast cancer.
The 1K race starts at 7:30 a.m., and the 5K begins at 8 a.m. at the NorthPark Center in Dallas. The routes weave through the neighborhood around NorthPark and end where they began, Dallas County sponsor coordinator Gari Phillips said.
NT students will compete in both races, said Uyen Tran, assistant director of the Women's Center.
Registration will continue beyond then if anyone wants to sign up.
Tran said one man has registered for the coed race, and others seemed interested but were waiting to pay the registration fees.
"Why not a male?" Tran said. "Breast cancer can affect both genders."
Sleep in for the Cure is for those who are interested in donating but not interested in running, she said. They still pay the $30 registration fee and receive a T-shirt along with the other benefits from the foundation.
They also still raise donations; they just don't have to be at the race.
Phillips said the foundation hopes to raise $3 million from donations and sponsorships. Last year, she said, they raised $2.3 million.
"Seventy-five percent of our profits go directly back into the community," she said. "And 25 percent goes to the national office for cutting edge research."
Racers will work individually in raising donations, Tran said.
"We have not set a team goal for donations," she said. "We want each participant to set their own goal."
Team members will meet every Saturday morning at 9 to time themselves and perform running drills, Tran said. Participants are responsible for training individually two or three times a week.
"We hope that everyone has a good time and feels good about putting in the work for breast cancer and research," Tran said. "It will be powerful to see everyone in Dallas there."
She said that if the race is successful, NT will race again.
"We hope it grows more from year to year and becomes more successful," Tran said.
Over 1,000 teams race every year and there are many schools, Phillips said. The foundation expects around 30,000 racers and spectators for the event.
According to foundation flyers, Nancy Brinker started the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure foundation in 1982 as a promise to her sister, Komen, to end breast cancer forever. Since then, the foundation has spent over $1 billion in research and health services for those afflicted with breast cancer.
Additional information is available at komen-dallas.org
The honorary chairwoman for the 25th anniversary race is Fox 4 news anchor Clarice Tinsley, and the race will be broadcast live on Fox 4 starting at 7 a.m., Phillips said. Sam's Club is the anniversary sponsor.
The 1K race starts at 7:30 a.m., and the 5K begins at 8 a.m. at the NorthPark Center in Dallas. The routes weave through the neighborhood around NorthPark and end where they began, Dallas County sponsor coordinator Gari Phillips said.
NT students will compete in both races, said Uyen Tran, assistant director of the Women's Center.
Registration will continue beyond then if anyone wants to sign up.
Tran said one man has registered for the coed race, and others seemed interested but were waiting to pay the registration fees.
"Why not a male?" Tran said. "Breast cancer can affect both genders."
Sleep in for the Cure is for those who are interested in donating but not interested in running, she said. They still pay the $30 registration fee and receive a T-shirt along with the other benefits from the foundation.
They also still raise donations; they just don't have to be at the race.
Phillips said the foundation hopes to raise $3 million from donations and sponsorships. Last year, she said, they raised $2.3 million.
"Seventy-five percent of our profits go directly back into the community," she said. "And 25 percent goes to the national office for cutting edge research."
Racers will work individually in raising donations, Tran said.
"We have not set a team goal for donations," she said. "We want each participant to set their own goal."
Team members will meet every Saturday morning at 9 to time themselves and perform running drills, Tran said. Participants are responsible for training individually two or three times a week.
"We hope that everyone has a good time and feels good about putting in the work for breast cancer and research," Tran said. "It will be powerful to see everyone in Dallas there."
She said that if the race is successful, NT will race again.
"We hope it grows more from year to year and becomes more successful," Tran said.
Over 1,000 teams race every year and there are many schools, Phillips said. The foundation expects around 30,000 racers and spectators for the event.
According to foundation flyers, Nancy Brinker started the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure foundation in 1982 as a promise to her sister, Komen, to end breast cancer forever. Since then, the foundation has spent over $1 billion in research and health services for those afflicted with breast cancer.
Additional information is available at komen-dallas.org
The honorary chairwoman for the 25th anniversary race is Fox 4 news anchor Clarice Tinsley, and the race will be broadcast live on Fox 4 starting at 7 a.m., Phillips said. Sam's Club is the anniversary sponsor.
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