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Join us for the
Komen Central Georgia Race for
the Cure!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
at
Wesleyan College!
Click here for more information!
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Schedule |
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7–8:30 a.m. |
Race Day Registration |
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7–9 a.m |
Pink Ribbon Pancake Breakfast |
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8
a.m |
Kids for the Cure® Festival |
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8:30 a.m. |
Survivor Recognition |
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8:45 a.m |
Race Warm-Up |
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9
a.m. |
Co-ed 5K Run |
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9:05 a.m. |
Co-ed 5K Walk |
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9:15 a.m |
1
Mile Celebration Walk & Kids for the
Cure Parade |
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10 a.m |
Awards Ceremony |
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8–11 a.m. |
Pink Ribbon Plaza & Promise Shop |
TIMED RESULTS
There is an additional fee of $3 for chip
timing. You must register by 5:00 p.m. Friday,
October 24 to be eligible for chip timing. If
you register before midnight on Sunday, October
12 you will receive your timing bib in the mail
with your Race packet. Participants registering
after October 12 should visit the chip timing
tent next to the stage on Race morning to
receive your timing bib. Please note that
only chip-timed participants will be eligible
for awards. Volunteers will be standing by
to collect timing bibs after the Race. Results
will be posted at the Race and following the
Race at
www.KomenCentralGA.org and
http://www.totalracesolutions.com.
RACE AWARDS
Join us at 10 a.m. for the Awards Ceremony to
announce the following winners:
• Top 3 overall breast cancer survivors
• Top 3 overall males
• Top 3 overall females
• Overall masters male and female (ages 40+)
• Top 3 males and females in each age group:
14 & under, ages 15–19, ages 20–24, ages 25–29,
ages 30–34, ages 35–39, ages 40–44, ages 45–49,
ages 50–54, ages 55–59, ages 60–64, ages 65–69,
ages 70–74, ages 75–79, and ages 80+
SAFETY
For the safety of all participants, inline
skates and pets are discouraged from
participating in this event. Thank you for your
cooperation.
DIRECTIONS TO WESLEYAN
From I-475
On I-475 go to Exit #9 Zebulon Road. (There are
signs indicating that this is the Wesleyan
College exit.) Exit and turn onto Zebulon Road
(from south turn right, from north turn left).
You will go several miles and through three
traffic lights at Zebulon Road, which turns
residential once you have gone past the
immediate area off the interstate. Zebulon Road
ends at Forsyth Road. Turn right and, within a
mile, the college will be on the right.
From I-75
On I-75 go to Exit #169, Arkwright Road. Exit,
go west and straight at the light across
Riverside Drive. At the next light, turn
right onto Northside Drive. Go straight through
the light at Forest Hill Road. At the light,
turn left onto Wesleyan Drive. When Wesleyan
Drive intersects Rivoli Drive, it jogs left and
then immediately right, crosses the railroad
tracks, and ends at Forsyth Road, at the campus.
Turn left onto Forsyth Road and right into the
campus.
PARKING
Please plan to arrive early! Parking is
available on the Wesleyan Campus from the Tucker
Road entrance only on a first come, first served
basis. The first entrance onto campus from
Tucker Road (Gate 4) is designated for breast
cancer survivors. The second entrance onto
campus from Tucker Rd. (Gate 5) has parking lots
behind the Porter Memorial Fine Arts Building
and at the Matthews Athletic Center.
Additional parking is available at Tattnall
Square Baptist Church at the intersection of
Zebulon and Forsyth Roads. Check our website for
updates: www.KomenCentralGa.org.
This event will occur rain or shine. We reserve
the right to cancel in extreme circumstances. In
that event, there will be no refunds, rather,
your entry fee will be used as a donation to the
Komen Central Georgia Race for the Cure.
Course Details:
The race will begin in front of
Wesleyan on Forsyth Road. Travel north on
Forsyth Road to Zebulon, veer left onto Zebulon
and travel up Zebulon to turn around. Travel
back down Zebulon and turn right onto
Wellington. Turn right on Brittany and right on
Forsyth. Finally, turn right into the Wesleyan
Campus to the finish line. (USATF certification
number is pending.) The Celebration Walk/Kids
for the CureTM Parade will be on
Wesleyan Campus.
Race Safety:
For
the safety of all participants, our insurance
company requests that in-line skates and pets
are discouraged from participating in this
event. We also request that participants with
baby strollers/ joggers join for the Celebration
Walk, rather than the 5K event.
Cancellation:
This
event will occur rain or shine.
Cancellation will occur only due to extreme
circumstances, in which case there
will not be any refunds and your payment will be
used as a donation.
Please click here for last year's race results:
http://www.totalracesolutions.com/2007/October/maconkomen.html
Wear and
Share the Promise Ring!

Show your support by wearing the Susan G. Komen
for the Cure Promise Ring. This two-color
band symbolizes the unbroken promise between two
sisters to end breast cancer forever.
Promise Rings come as a set (two for $5) – one
to wear and one to share. The rings are
made of stretch silicone and one size fits all -
the rings can be worn on any finger. Order
yours today!
More than
82% of the purchase price of the Promise Ring
will support our local research and community
outreach programs.
Local
Grant Information
Komen Central Georgia
also wanted to thank the 2007-2008 grantees who
came out to show the community the wonderful
work that is being done with the money we raise.
Komen Central Georgia distributed $143,000 so
far this year for valued programs in our
community. Check out the great work these
community partners are doing:
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Organization |
Title |
Description |
Amount |
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Macon Volunteer Clinic |
Breast Cancer Screening |
Breast cancer education and screening
for uninsured residents in Bibb County;
funding for 65 mammograms |
$ 10,000.00
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Community Health Works c/o The Medcen
Community Health Foundation |
Screening Mammograms and Breast Health
Services for Community Health Works
members |
Mammograms and breast health services
for approx. 80 uninsured in Bibb,
Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Jones, Peach,
and Twiggs |
$ 30,000.00
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Houston Healthcare |
Susan G. Komen Regional Outreach
Partnership |
Promote breast health to AA/Hisp,
uninsured, and low income in Houston,
Twiggs, and Crawford (community
collaboration, education, mammograms,
support) |
$ 30,000.00
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Compassionate Care Clinic, Inc. |
Komen Breast Cancer Project |
Breast cancer treatment services:
medications, transportation, counseling,
prosthetic supplies and other medical
support to uninsured in Baldwin County |
$ 15,000.00
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Medical Center of Central Georgia |
Cancer WellFit Project |
12-week oncology recovery program |
$ 12,000.00
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Houston Health Care |
2007 Community Breast Cancer Awareness
Luncheon |
Educational luncheon serving 650 women
in Central Georgia |
$ 2,500.00
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Central Georgia Cancer Coalition |
Cancer Summit for Pastors and Religious
Leaders |
Training pastors to assist members and
families who are diagnosed with cancer |
$ 7,500.00
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Georgia Cancer Foundation |
Growing the ChemoChic™ Network in
Central Georgia |
Growing ChemoChic in Central GA (Bibb &
Houston); program that seeks to increase
self-esteem and empower women to "fight
back" against unwanted side effects of
chemotherapy |
$ 7,000.00
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Life Action Community Development
Corporation |
Sister's Keepers |
Screening/education for 1,000 AA/Hisp
women in Peach & Houston; utilizing MCCG
Family Medical Residents and 10 of the
area's largest churches to recruit 150
"Sister's Keepers" who will recruit at
least 10 sisters/ aunts/ friends to get
a mammogram |
$ 5,000.00
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New Hope International |
Pink Sunday: The Power of Pink |
Breast cancer awareness/education;
anticipating 800 African American and
Hispanic women to attend the event in
May 07 |
$2,000 mini-grant |
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Mercer University School of Medicine |
Komen On-The-Go-Tour for Middle Georgia |
Breast cancer education and awareness
for area college students; hosted and
organized by the Mercer Public Health
Association |
$ 4,000.00
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Central Georgia Cancer Coalition |
Breast Cancer Education and Mammography
Screening for Wal-Mart Zebulon Road
Un/Underinsured Employees |
3 breast cancer awareness/education
seminars; partners with Central GA
Diagnostic North West to provide free
mammograms to uninsured full-time and
part-time employees |
$ 20,000.00
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TOTAL |
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$ 143,000.00
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