21st annual Susan G. Komen
Detroit Race for the Cure
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Invite out-of-town guests and make a long, holiday weekend of it. Enjoy all that our community has to offer! Note that our Race date must conform to the Detroit Tigers' schedule. If your Memorial Day weekend traditions keep you away, please consider a tax-deductible donation equal to your Race fee or register and wear your shirt at the cottage. Take pictures and send them to us at raceforthecure@karmanos.org.

Watch our video and you won’t want to miss our 2012 Race! Thank you, Kelly Dzierzawski, MadCap Productions and Michigan Association of CPAs.

WHEW! Just as easy as this. Here's what we did last year to make it "the best one ever." This year, we are working to top it. Join us!

NOTE that Team Registration closes May 8! After that you can register as an individual and join your friends on Race day.

Donations submitted after July 1, 2012 qualify for 2013 Friends for the Cure® incentives and will fund 2013 community programs (75%) and research (25%) grants.

Volunteer opportunities for the May 26, 2012 race are filling up fast. Please click the link above. Once you've signed up, join us at Volunteer Orientation and Training on May 7 from 6-7:30 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church of Detroit (50 East Fisher Fwy.). Thank you to all our 2011 volunteers! We hope you will come back.

Moving Forward

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KOMEN DETROIT CONTACTS

Breast cancer is 24/7 - 365! And we're working year-round to end breast cancer forever by providing breast cancer education, public policy advocacy, patient and family support and navigation and volunteer opportunities. Contact us if you’ would like to help.

Komen Detroit Office: Phone (248) 304-2080 Fax (248) 304-2081 Email raceforthecure@karmanos.org

Clockwise, from bottom: Lisa Braddix, Breast Cancer Program Specialist; Amelia Zubeck, Administrative Assistant; Katrina Studvent, Manager and Race Co-Chair; Mo Keenan Meldrum,Executive Director and Race Chair; Maggie Walsh, Coordinator.

LOST LOVED ONES

We hope you will stop by our Memorial Site
Memorial Site from 7 – 10:30 a.m. on Race day in the lobby of the Tiger Club located south of Packet Pickup. Our thanks to Wayne State University ArtsCorps Detroit and volunteers who helped make this happen — especially Leslie Kaiser
Leslie Kaiser and Heather Lynn Marks
Heather Lynn Marks. Watch for this communal artwork to grow at next year’s Race.

Every year, more than 40,000 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. alone. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the friends and families who suffer this terrible loss. In their memory, we redouble our energies in the battle to end breast cancer forever.

Images of friends we have lost to breast cancer appear here. If you have a photo you would like us to add, please send it with identifying information to raceforthecure@karmanos.org (electronic images only, please).

Click here to Share Your Story of Celebration and/or Memory.

RACE MEMORIES

For photos of our 2011 Race to view and purchase, please visit http://DetroitRFTC.dotphoto.com. Proceeds benefit Komen Detroit. Thanks to our Photojournalism Co-Chairs Kelly Dzierzawski
Kelly Dzierzawski, Paula Kaye
Paula Kaye, Sean Keenan
Sean Keenan and Bill Kern
Bill Kern.

Wonderful memories of a very special day, courtesy of media partners who gave us so much support. Some of these links may expire soon. More information on our Facebook page or click Race Recap. Thank you to all who made May 21, 2011 such an awesome day. Come back on May 26, 2012.

RUNNER RESULTS

Thank you, Motor City Striders and all of our runners. Results will be posted soon after the Race. Meanwhile, check 2011 results here. Check RunMichiigan.com photos here. Congratulations, Matt Fecht
Matt Fecht, on setting a new men's record at 14:52.

21ST ANNUAL COMMEMORATIVE PINS

2012 pins (and some from past years) are available from the Komen Detroit Office. They're great as a gift for family and friends, or fundraising incentives for your team members or donors. To purchase pins, please call (284.304.2080) or email the Komen Detroit office.

KOMEN INVESTMENTS IN SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Komen for the Cure Research Grants
Komen is the world’s largest private funder of breast cancer research, having invested $685 million since 1982 and playing a role in funding every major advance in breast cancer science over the past 30 years.

In 2012, 40% of Komen’s research funding was invested in projects that seek to understand the underlying origins of breast cancer and why it has the capacity to spread throughout the body.

Our total research investment has averaged between 21 to 29% of Komen’s budget annually for the last six years. The focus on translational research since 2007 is designed to find answers to the most pressing questions in breast cancer today - metastatic and aggressive disease, prevention and environment, and better screening technologies. We are not revisiting basic science; we are funding research that will get answers out of the labs and into the hands of doctors and patients as quickly as possible. In just three and a half years, our $84 million investment in our large-scale Promise Grants is already leading to seven clinical trials with a total of 20 planned. These are significant and swift results.

For more information on grants made to Michigan researchers, click here.

For more information on Komen's research grant program, click here.

Komen Detroit Race for the Cure Local Program Grants
For information about grants for breast cancer screening, treatment support and education programs, click here.

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