Komen Race for the Cure

2010 Komen Milwaukee Race for the Cure®

The 2010 Race for the Cure will be held on Sunday, September 26th on Milwaukee's lakefront. 

Online registration will be available starting in late May.

The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series, the largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, celebrates breast cancer survivorship and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease. Since its inception in 1983, the Komen Race for the Cure series has grown from one local Race with 800 participants to a global series of more than 120 Races with more than 1 million people expected to participate in 2010.

The Komen Race for the Cure is a unique event, designed and implemented to promote positive awareness, education and early detection of breast cancer.  It has proved to be an enormously effective way to reach many

women and men with the message that breast cancer is not necessarily fatal if mammography and breast self-exam become routine. As well as being a road race for runners, the Komen Race for the Cure is an emotionally charged event that attracts many first timers and recreational runners. The Komen Race for the Cure is an opportunity for thousands of women, men and their families, running or walking, to spread the breast cancer message within their communities.

Up to 75 percent of the funds raised at the Race remain here in Milwaukee to provide breast health research, diagnostics, screening, treatment, services and education for uninsured or underinsured women.  The remaining 25 percent goes to fund national research to discover the causes of breast cancer and, ultimately, its cures.

Why we need your support:

Every step counts! Your donation provides women and men in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Jefferson, Kenosha and Washington Counties with services that have literally saved lives. You help make the following programs possible:

• Pay for mammograms, diagnostic testing and treatment as needed,
• Educate women, particularly those who are medically underserved, about the importance of breast self-awareness, clinical breast exams and screening mammograms,
• Focus on treatment support as well as providing easier access to existing treatment resources for women with breast cancer, and
• Provide financial assistance that may include covering the cost of breast screening, diagnostic and treatment related services or aid in eliminating other financial barriers to treatment.
• Cutting edge research to find a cure for breast cancer

Up to 75 percent of net proceeds are used for local programs like those listed above, with 25 percent used to fund breast cancer research.