17th Annual Race for the Cure announced

This year’s event features Mississippi State Treasurer Lynn Fitch as the Honorary Chair and IndyCar Driver Pippa Mann as the Grand Marshal. Terri Turner, a kindergarten teacher at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, will be recognized as the Survivor of the Year. 

The Mississippi Link Newswire

Organization: The Central Mississippi Steel Magnolias Affiliate of Susan G. Komen®

Event: 17^th Annual Race for the Cure

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016

Times: Registration Opens 6:00 a.m. Walk/Run begins at 8:00 a.m.

Location: Old Capitol Museum, downtown Jackson

Admission: Registration Fee: Adults – $30 for 1-mile and 5K walk, $35 for timed 5K walk/run, $40 for timed 10K run. Kids/Students/Youth Fun Run – $20. All pricing includes event t-shirt.

 The Central Mississippi Steel Magnolias Affiliate of Susan G. Komen® (CMSM) is scheduled to host its 17^th Annual Race for the Cure on Saturday, April 9, 2016, at the Old Capitol Museum in downtown Jackson. The morning’s activities will begin at 6:30 a.m. with a special survivor breakfast. Race for the Cure will include the Kids One Mile Fun Run/Walk, an optional timed 5K and timed 10K. The event will feature the Kids for the Cure activities tent, the ever-popular Team Tailgate area and sponsor tents. The “Pink It Up” contest will recognize the best “Pinked Up” person. Other contests include best-decorated team tailgate and best t-shirt design. Put on your pink tutu, form a team, and Race to help end breast cancer.

Komen Central Mississippi Steel Magnolias is fighting to save lives and end breast cancer forever in our 59-county service area. The Affiliate was established in 1999 as an all-volunteer organization with the mission of creating a world without breast cancer. We have invested over $3 million in community breast health programs in 59 counties throughout the state. 75 percent of the net income raised from Komen events stays in Mississippi to fund breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment projects to uninsured and under-insured men and women. A minimum of 25 percent of net income from events supports the Komen for the Cure Award and Research Grant Programs, which fund groundbreaking breast cancer research, meritorious awards and educational and scientific conferences around the world.

For more information about Race for the Cure, to become a sponsor or register for the event, call 601.932.3999 or visit www.komencentralms.org.