RACE RECAP

It really was "The best day in the City of Detroit!"

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

View Runner results. 21.7% of registered participants were runners (78.3% walkers); Matt Fecht set a new men's record at 14:52.

Our crowd was well over 40,000
40,000, with registered participants up nearly 7% over 2010 and included:

• 1,850 registered breast cancer survivors
  breast cancer survivors
• 1,200-plus volunteersvolunteers. (led by volunteer chairs who do it from FL and SC!)
• 22 bands and musical performers
  performers onstage and along the route
• 255 I AM THE CURE
  I AM THE CURE CureLeaders
• 10 Karmanos clinical/research staff separating myth from fact as Myth Bustiers
  Myth Bustiers interacted with the crowd
• More than 700 teams
  teams -- 2,506 for Ford

It was an exciting morning with live coverage by all 3 major television network affiliates: FOX2
FOX2 WJBK, WDIV Local 4 (NBC)
WDIV Local 4 (NBC) and WXYZ Channel 7
WXYZ Channel 7 (ABC) with anchors, reporters and Clear Channel radio personalities
radio personalities heightening the excitement (Foolish, Shannon, Frankie).

Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony was again hosted by Lila Lazarus, who brought her usual spirit and dedication.

Karmanos President and CEO Dr. Gerold Bepler
Dr. Gerold Bepler, Komen Vice President of Global Affairs Nancy MacGregor
Nancy MacGregor and our Honorary Co-Chairs addressed the crowd (Rep. Hansen Clarke and Choi Palms-Cohen were unable to attend the Race):

• Sen. Carl Levin and Barbara Levin
  Sen. Carl Levin and Barbara Levin
• Sen. Debbie Stabenow
  Sen. Debbie Stabenow
• Gov. Rick Snyder and Sue Snyder (breast cancer survivor) joined by daughters Melissa and Kelsey
  Gov. Rick Snyder and Sue Snyder (breast cancer survivor) joined by daughters Melissa and Kelsey
• Mayor Dave Bing and Yvette Bing
  Mayor Dave Bing and Yvette Bing
• And, Debbie Dingell joined us in the Green Room.
  Debbie Dingell

Karmanos Cancer Institute Hospice counseling supervisor Dr. Paul Nguyen
Dr. Paul Nguyen gave a beautiful invocation.

You could Lace up for the Cure® at the New Balance
New Balance booth, gear up with Ford Warriors in Pink
Ford Warriors in Pink merchandise, or shop 'til you dropped at a Maingate's Shop for the Cure®
Shop for the Cure® trailer. If you missed out on Race day, shop now.

Ashlee Baracy
Ashlee Baracy, WDIV Local 4 traffic reporter, hosted Closing Ceremony which included Detroit Tigers Wives
Detroit Tigers Wives and front office staff.

Detroit's first satellite event held in Camp Film City, Kosovo, thanks in part to Ford who picked up the $1,500 shipping cost and provided Warriors banners:

Happy children hula-hooped, got balloon creatures, were caricatured and face-painted and had so much fun in the Children's Area
Children's Area sponsored by Kelly Services and BondDESK Group.

Sponsors
Sponsors had great giveaways for all of you and contributed valuable in-kind gifts plus cash 19% up over last year.

2011 Friends for the Cure fundraising is all done for 2011, so donations that come in from now on will count towards 2012. Thanks to all who worked so hard on this program. We know you will enjoy all of your incentive awards.

Community grants were awarded in September to four outstanding organizations who will provide breast cancer education and services to our medically underserved neighbors in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

Local Presenting Sponsor Karmanos Cancer Institute also sponsored the Co-Survivor Award
Co-Survivor Award, given to "Nan's Fans" the family team of 175 from which our entire teams program has evolved.

2nd annual appearance by Kids Kicking Cancer
Kids Kicking Cancer (having had cancer as a child significantly increases breast cancer risk). Learn more about this great organization.

1,119 petitions
petitions were signed at the Race asking Michigan's legislature to maintain funding of Michigan's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program. The petitions and other efforts by Komen advocates and partners were successful! Funding has been restored for the state screening program! Additionally, we supported Sen. Glenn Anderson's breast cancer license plate bill with revenues dedicated to BCCCP.

In remembrance of the 40,000 lives lost to breast cancer each year in the U.S. alone, we introduced a Memorial Site. Assisted by ArtsCorpsDetroit of Wayne State University, a program to revitalize the urban community through the arts, visitors helped create a communal piece of art that will grow and appear at Komen Detroit events throughout the year. Photos of lost loved ones
lost loved ones were hung in a space set aside for reflection.

Year-Round and Coming Up

Komen Detroit is a year-round resource to the metro Detroit community, working collaboratively with the other Komen Affiliates serving Michigan. With the support of volunteers, donors and community partners, we deliver breast cancer awareness and education, public policy advocacy, support and resource navigation for patients and families, fundraising and volunteer opportunities.

• Check out what's coming up or visit out Calendar of Events. If you'd like to help, email us at raceforthecure@karmanos.org or call 248.304.2080. Help us prevent the preventable, treat the treatable, and put an end to breast cancer forever.
• Summaries of our current grants are here. Visit here for updates on the 2012 local grant process.
• Komen MI 3-Day for the Cure - August 17 through 19, 2012
• Make a passion statement. Become Passionately Pink for the Cure® and show your colors!
• Please visit http://DetroitRFTC.dotphoto.com to see and buy 2011 Race photos. Proceeds benefit the Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®.

With thanks to all who supported our work to end breast cancer forever, the 20th annual Komen Detroit Race for the Cure®, locally presented by Karmanos Cancer Institute, was a great success! We look forward to seeing you May 26, 2012 for “the best one ever”!