Teams

Thank you, Sandy Jessop and Jan Tebelman, Teams Co-Chairs
Sandy Jessop and Jan Tebelman, Team Co-Chairs, for your hard work in 2011 with 700 teams. And thanks for the great job you and your committee are doing for our 2012 Race.

Thank you, Team Captains, for all the dollars you raised and all of the members you brought to our 20th annual Komen Detroit Race for the Cure. Team members accounted for 63% of the registered participants-and a great deal of the fun! That will be true again this year. Scroll down to see who won the 2011 awards supported by our generous sponsors.

2012 Captains, many of you are well on your way. Now is the time to round up your members for May 26, 2012! It’s the Saturday before Memorial Day-- a great opportunity to encourage friends and family to build a long holiday weekend around the 2012 Race, enjoying all that our community offers. Our date is based on the Detroit Tigers’ schedule, so if “up north” is your tradition, consider these options so you can still help fight breast cancer:

Make a fully deductible donation equal to your registration fees.
Register and wear your shirt at the cottage. Take photos and send them to us—we’ll post them on the website or our Facebook page.

Visit back soon for more details on metro Detroit holiday specials.

A team is a group of 10 or more participants who register under a common team name and commit to raise funds (minimum of $100) to help end breast cancer forever. This is an opportunity to celebrate life and make a difference in the fight against breast cancer with those closest to you. Families, businesses, and organizations can honor breast cancer survivors or celebrate the lives of lost loved ones. Teams build employee morale, and boost the sense of affiliation and camaraderie for any organization!

Team captains are responsible for communicating with team members, driving fundraising and picking up and distributing Race materials. Please check the Team Captain Kit for more information on how to start a team.

GET STARTED NOW!

Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to create a team online.

Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to join a team online.

Click here for instructions on how to access your Team Center. TEAM CAPTAINS ONLY

Race 2012 Team Captain Newsletters are emailed monthly and available for download here. You may also wish to review last year’s editions for memories and inspiration. Be sure to focus on 2012 dates and deadlines.

TEAM CAPTAIN NEWSLETTERS

Race 2011 Newsletter Editions:

Click here for more information on Team Registration.

For more information on Komen Detroit Race for the Cure® Teams, please contact: RFTCBob@gmail.com.

Please click here for team pictures from the 2011 Race! If you find yourself in a picture, please share a Race day memory by emailing raceforthecure@karmanos.org.

Please visit http://DetroitRFTC.dotphoto.com. Photos from the 2011 Race are now available to view and purchase. Proceeds benefit the Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®.

Why a Team?

Komen Detroit’s Team Program offers groups of 10 or more people from all walks of life the opportunity to make a difference in our community. Corporations, community organizations, schools, families and friends - all can take part in the largest grassroots effort in the country in the fight breast cancer.

Together as a team you can speak with one voice in support of a coworker, mother, friend, sister, whose life has been changed by the words, "You have breast cancer." Worldwide, that happens every 19 seconds!
Together as a team you can spread the word about early detection as the key to survival. Detected very early, breast cancer is 98% survivable.
Together as a team you can raise money to support life saving education, outreach, treatment and research. Since Komen Detroit's first Race in 1992, we have raised and invested $21 million in breast cancer screening and treatment programs in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, in addition to supporting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Program for breast cancer research and providing a year-round resource to our community through Komen Detroit initiatives.
And together, you'll have a great time! Wonderful sponsors make our Team Awards Program terrific! Visit back soon for details in our 2012 Team Captain Kit.

Team Awards

2011 Team Award Winners

Ford "Largest Corporate Team" Awards: Trophy and Ford gifts	Ford Team Ford Team - An incredible 2,506 members!!!!! (Company size 5,001+ employees)
	Compuware Compuware - 454 (Company size 501-5,000 employees)
	Binson's Northwood Boo-Bee Brigade Binson's Northwood Boo-Bee Brigade - 175 (Company size up to 500 employees)
Ford "Largest Family-Generated Team" Award: Trophy and Ford gifts	Push4TheCure Push4TheCure - 217 members
Ford "Largest Community Team" Award: Trophy and Ford gifts	Donna's Angels Donna's Angels - 339 members
Ford "Largest School Team" Awards: Trophy and Ford gifts	Teachers and Students Soaring for a Cure Teachers and Students Soaring for a Cure (Warren Consolidated School District) - 402 members (K through 12) Wayne Cares Wayne Cares - 690 members (College/University)
Detroit "Pretty in Pink" Award: (greatest number of survivors) To be honored at a Detroit Pistons game during the 2011-12 season	Compuware 16 survivors Compuware 16 survivors
Panera Bread "Dough Getters" Award: (teams with the greatest proportional increase in membership) Trophy and Panera gift certificates	Pontiac Academy for Excellence Pontiac Academy for Excellence - grew from 12 to 66 members(10-50 members) General Motors General Motors - grew from 54 to 157 members (51-100 members) Push4TheCure Push4TheCure - grew from 104 to 217 members (100+ members)
Detroit Tigers Wives' "Rookie of the Year" Award: (largest new team) Tickets for the team to a Tigers game	Quicken Loans Loves a Cure Quicken Loans Loves a Cure - 402 members
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Co-Survivor Award	The 2011 Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Co-Survivor Award: Nan's Fans The 2011 Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Co-Survivor Award: Nan's Fans Click here to read the winning story.
	Click here for previous Co-Survivor Awards.
Visions Spa Salon “Spirit” Award: Trophy and $1,000 worth of Visions Spa gift certificates	The Udders The Udders
New Balance Team T-Shirt Awards: Plaque and $200 in New Balance Gift Certificates	Binson's Northwood Boo-Bee Brigade Binson's Northwood Boo-Bee Brigade
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Top Fundraising Team Challenge" Award: Category 1: teams with 10-25 members	Barb's Battalion - 25 team members raised $13,025 Barb's Battalion - 25 team members
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Top Fundraising Team Challenge" Award: Category 2: teams with 26 to 50 members	Tami's Team - 38 team members raised $17,147 Tami's Team - 38 team members raised $17,147
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Top Fundraising Team Challenge" Award: Category 3: teams with 51 to 100 members	Daro's Bosom Buddies - 54 team members raised $21,370 Daro's Bosom Buddies - 54 team members raised $21,370
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Top Fundraising Team Challenge" Award: Category 4: teams with 101 to 300 members	Morgan Stanley Smith-Barney - 149 team members raised $47,527 Morgan Stanley Smith-Barney - 149 team members raised $47,527
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Top Fundraising Team Challenge" Award: Category 5: teams with over 300 members	Ford-2,506 members raised $46,363 Ford-2,506 members raised $46,363
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Highest Percentage Team Challenge" Award: Category 1: teams with 10-25 members	Pink Squirrels - 100% of team raised at least $100, totaling $11,877 Pink Squirrels - 100% of team raised at least $100, totaling $11,877
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Highest Percentage Team Challenge" Award: Category 2: teams with 26-50 members	Gallagher-Kaiser – 37% of team members raised at least $100, totaling $6,401 Gallagher-Kaiser – 37% of team members raised at least $100, totaling $6,401
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Highest Percentage Team Challenge" Award: Category 3: teams with 51-100 members	Honigman Heroes – 20.75% of team members raised at least $100, totaling $11,083 Honigman Heroes – 20.75% of team members raised at least $100, totaling $11,083
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Highest Percentage Team Challenge" Award: Category 4: teams with 101-300 members	Kelly Services Cancer Crusaders – 27.5% of 120 team members raised at least $100, totaling $21,979 Kelly Services Cancer Crusaders – 27.5% of 120 team members raised at least $100, totaling $21,979
New Balance Friends for the Cure® "Highest Percentage Team Challenge" Award: Category 5: teams over 300 members	HP – 20.5% of team members raised at least $100 and 12 members raised over $1,000, totaling $35,813.00 HP – 20.5% of team members raised at least $100 and 12 members raised over $1,000, totaling $35,813.00
Honorary Team New Balance - Honorary Team New Balance Celebrating stories of cancer survival and to spread the word that there is fitness after cancer!	Komen Detroit 2011 Member:Jeanette Girty Jeanette Girty 2010 Member: Hiam Hamade 2009 Member: Katie Clark Katie Clark 2007 Member: Merion Knight Merion Knight 2006 Member: Kathy Knezek.

Rev. 04-05-2012