The Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure® toda
y announced this year’s Race for the Cure® set a record for the most participants with 21,262 individuals, including more than 1,000 breast cancer survivors, taking part.
This is the highest number of entrants since the affiliate starting hosting the race in 1996. Over the past three years it has seen steady growth, gaining more than 1,000 racers each year.
Some of the major local sponsors of this year’s Race for the Cure® included Publix/Kellogg’s, South Florida Ford Dealers, ClaimServe.com, Florida Power & Light, Tiger Balm, CBS4/MY33, The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald, Univision and Clear Channel.
In keeping with Komen guidelines, 75 percent of the net proceeds raised stay in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe counties to support education, screening and treatment in underserved communities. The remaining 25 percent is pooled with money raised by other Komen affiliates for national research grants.
Just this year, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® awarded The University of Miami with $600,000 to conduct research to find a potential vaccine that would elicit immune responses to reverse cancer progression.
“The support we have received from the South Florida community will allow us to continue to expand our ongoing educational outreach and screening programs in Miami-Dade, Broward and the Florida Keys,” said Bobbi Meyers, executive director for Susan G. Komen Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate. “We are expecting to exceed the $1.4 million raised last year. This money will bring us one step closer to our vision of a world without breast cancer.”