The Race for the Cure is months away but registration is just a click away
Thousands begin to register for Komen race
Posted: 07/06/2010
Towson, MD - The 18th annual Komen Maryland Race for the Cure is taking place in early October and thousands are already registering to raise money to fight breast cancer.
In 2009 Komen Maryland had 29,124 participants in the Race for the Cure, of which, 2,006 were breast cancer survivors. Team participants accounted for more than 70% of Race participants and are some of the most successful fundraisers.
Seventy-five percent of the funds will stay in the state of Maryland. In Maryland this year, and estimated 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer will occur.
Interested parties are invited to participate as an individual, on a team, volunteer or simply fundraise.
To learn more on how to donate to Komen Maryland and how to register for October's race, click on related links to the left.
Copyright 2010 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
-
Dreams of Tomorrow to help local youth
ABC2 News’ education reporter, Sherrie Johnson was live in Owings Mills on Monday morning with Daryl Smith and a preview for an upcoming event planned to help local youth.
-
"Occupy" class now a college course
-
Mobile Learning Lab helps students
-
Preparing for Graduate School
-
More electronics, less books in class
Trending Now
-
Alford plea entered in Crispino slaying
A homeless man has entered an Alford plea to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Denton woman.
-
Employee gets life for killing boss
A woman will spend the rest of her life in prison for arranging the murder of her employer at a dental office in an attempt to cover up her theft scheme.
-
Deputies nab bank robbery suspect
Police in Harford County have arrested and charged a man in connection with a bank robbery this morning.
-
Alert trooper foils stump grinder thief
On its face, you may wonder why anyone would want to steal a super sized stump grinder, but it’s worth $35,000, and if you throw in a Ford F250, it’s grand theft worth a grand pay day.
