 KOMEN
DETROIT RACE FOR THE CURE® SATURDAY, MAY
21, 2011
April,
2011 TEAM
NEWSLETTER |
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COUNTDOWN
May 4, 2011 (Team Registration
Deadline) at 5 p.m.
13
Days |
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As a leader, you have the power to help
others change our world. Keep encouraging your coworkers,
friends, families, neighbors and all you come in contact with
to be life changers. Let them know that their
participation in Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®-- whether as
a walker or runner, a fundraiser, or a volunteer-- WILL save
lives. |
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| CONTACT
US |
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Jan
Tebelman, Teams Co-Chair
Sandy
Jessop, Teams Co-Chair
Bob
Fontichiaro, "The Answer Man"
Mailing
Address:
Komen
Detroit Race for the Cure
C/O
Karmanos Cancer Institute
4100
John R - VE01RF
Detroit,
MI 48201
Komen
Detroit:
24601
Northwestern Highway
Southfield,
MI 48075
(248)
304-2080
Please
call before you come to the office to be sure someone's
here. |
| BOXED LUNCH
PROGRAM |
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 New this year for teams!
Panera Bread is offering pre-order
boxed lunches for after the
Race. 10% of the proceeds will return to the
Race. An order form will be in your captain envelope
within your Team Packets with all the
details. |
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FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS |
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What
if someone wants to register on my team after May 4th (5
p.m.)?
There is no
way to register members on your team after the deadline.
However, the participant can register as an individual
and walk/run with your team, but individual
registrations will not count towards the team
awards.
On
Race day, where are the restrooms located?
Comerica Park restrooms open at 7
a.m. The
majority of the portable toilets are at John R and
Montcalm (west end of lot, between Comerica Park &
St. John's Episcopal Church). A few are also at the 5K
turn at Hancock and John R; and in the Team MEET lot.
Many of our Route Neighbors will also have their
restrooms open.
Will
water be available on the Race route?
Thanks to Absopure and the U.S.
Army, water is available at the 5K halfway point
(Hancock and John R).
After the Race, water will be
available at the Racer finish (Adams and Witherell) and
near the Walker finish (Montcalm between Woodward and
Witherell).
Please recycle. Look for the
recycle bins, courtesy of Whole Foods, throughout the
event area. |
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FUNDRAISING
CORNER |
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Keep
Fundraising
Fundraising efforts don't end on
May 21. Fundraising
awards are tabulated with funds raised through July 1,
2011. So keep asking, and you will keep
receiving.
April
Fundraising Spotlights:
Support "Rack
Attack"
Saturday, April 30 at 8:00
p.m.
Go Comedy Improv
Theatre
261 E. 9 Mile (downtown Ferndale,
one block east of Woodward)
$20.00/person
Strike Out Cancer
Wayne State
University
Friday, April 29
at 4 p.m.
Softball
Doubleheader vs. Lake Erie College
WSU Softball
Field | |
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DATES,
DEADLINES AND DETAILS |
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REGISTRATION
DEADLINES - All members of the team must
be registered by one of following deadlines. After
these dates, people can continue to register as
individuals and join up with your team on Race day, but
they will not be included in your official
count.
- TEAM
ONLINE REGISTRATION DEADLINE
- Tuesday,
May 4 at 5:00 p.m. EST.
- TEAM
MANUAL REGISTRATION DEADLINE
- Friday,
April 25 at 6:00 p.m.
EST.
TEAM PACKET
PICKUP - These are the only times and
place to pick up your team packets.
- EARLY BIRD SPECIAL -
Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m. Sign up by
e-mailing raceforthecure@karmanos.org.
In order to
get your team's packet on this day, you must help
packup.
- Friday,
May 13 (Binson's Educational Center)
- Saturday,
May 14 (Binson's Educational Center)
CO-SURVIVOR
STORIES - Submit
your entry via mail postmarked May 14,
2011, or via email by May 16,
2011.
TEAM T-SHIRT
COMPETITION -
T-shirts are due at the Race
office (24601 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI
48075) by Wednesday, May 18 at 5
p.m. |
| IMPORTANT
INFORMATION - JUST FOR YOU!
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Team
Signs
Due
to the wonderful increase in team registrations this
year, we are experiencing shortages of team sign
materials. We will print signs for teams that
request them (in advance when registering the
team) and have reached at least 10 members.
If you haven't requested a sign but would like one,
please email the Race office at raceforthecure@karmanos.org
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Early Bird Packet Pack-Up |
Team Packet Packup
Early
Bird Packet Packup information is coming your
way soon. Watch for the
email
to confirm your attendance on Saturday, May 7th. If you
signed up to help but plans have changed; or if you
didn't sign up and want to join the fun, please email the Race office.
Commemorative Race lapel
pins are free to registered
survivors. We will have pins available at the Early
Bird Packup on May 7th and at Team Captain Packet Pickup
on May 13th and 14th. Do not forget the 20th
annual special - 20 pins for $20.00. Pins will also be
available on Race day, but at the regular price of $3
each or two for $5. Take advantage of this
special and get your pins before Race
day. |
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TEAM
T-SHIRTS & TEAM
PACKETS |
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 Prior to printing your team
t-shirts, submit your artwork for approval to Katrina
Studvent, Race Co-Chair, via email: studvenk@karmanos.org or fax:
248-304-2081.
- Please email the
Race office to request the Komen Race
for the Cure® Team logo available this year for your
team t-shirt.
- All
other Susan G. Komen for the Cure® logos are not
permissible for use.
- Use of the word "sponsor"
is reserved for official Race sponsors. Try "Proud
supporter of the Komen Detroit Race for the
Cure®."
NO
PINK SHIRTS, please
--
reserved for breast cancer survivors
only.
What is in my
team packets? Everything you will need to
pass out to your team: Race t-shirts, bibs, survivor
t-shirts, pink bibs, survivor pink hats, Race
lapel pins (survivors only), breast health info,
Friends for the Cure forms and team sign (if
requested and have at least 10 team
members). |
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OTHER
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW |
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Team MEET
Open 6:30
to 7:45. COME EARLY! We've made some process
improvements and we hope everyone will bring their
patience and good will to this bustling area as
excitement builds.
Parking
Bus parking is
available on the I-75 service drive east of Woodward.
Please email the Race office if you
plan to bring a bus. registrations count in your team
total. Children 5 and under receive a bib (Race number),
but no shirt. Your kids will have a great time at the
Children's Area before the race begins.
No Dogs, Please
We all love our pooches. But for
their safety, as well as 35,000 human friends, please
leave dogs at home. This also applies to in-line
skates and bicycles.
Kids
Don't
forget to register those little ones on your team.
Children's registrations count in your team total. Your
kids will have a great time at the Children's Area
before the race begins. Children 5 and under receive a
bib (Race number) but no
shirt. |
| KOMEN
MISSION NEWS |
Postmenopausal
women who take hormone therapy consisting of estrogen
alone may have a somewhat reduced risk of breast cancer.
These findings-- from longer-term follow-up of the
Women's Health Initiative trial of estrogen alone-were
published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association. It should be noted that this report
addressed only estrogen alone; it did not include
combined estrogen plus progestin, which has previously
been linked with an increased risk of breast
cancer. More | | |
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| A
NOTE FROM THE TEAMS CHAIRS |
Sometimes we get
so caught up in the preparations for the Race, we need to step
back and remember just why we do this. This
weekend I had a step back moment that I'd like to share with
you.
I read at a
funeral of a woman who died of breast
cancer. I didn't know this woman; I was
asked to read at the funeral by the
pastor. But I knew her family's
grief. It was my family's grief not so long
ago. And while it was hard for me to be
there, I was honored to share their sorrow.
She has left behind so many who love her and will miss
her greatly.
This year over
40,000 families will know this
grief. Remember them as you ask one more
coworker to join your team, or one more neighbor to
donate.
Sandy and I are
so proud of what we will all accomplish this year from our
teams. You are helping to shape a future
where no more families will know this
grief. Thank you for all you do.
Sandy
Jessop - sjessop@att.net Jan
Tebelman -
raceladyjan@wideopenwest.com | |
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