| 2008
Komen Hawaii Race For The Cure Information |
| Event: |
The 14th Annual
Komen Hawaii Race for the Cure. |
| Date: |
October 19,
2008 |
| Time: |
7:00 AM -
5K Run
7:15 AM - 1 Mile Fun Walk / Run |
| Location: |
Kapiolani
Park, Honolulu, HI |
| Length
of Race: |
Coed 5K (3.1
miles) race and a 1-mile fun walk/run. |
| Course: |
5k: USATF
certified course (HI-07008-TLB), flat & fast. |
| Entrants: |
More than
8000 male and female runners and walkers are expected. |
| Registration: |
To be announced
in July, 2008. |
| Packet Pickup: |
Team Captains
may pick up Team Packets at Aloha Tower Marketplace on Monday,
October 13th or Tuesday, October 14th from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00
p.m. Team Packets not picked on these dates will be reintegrated
into the inventory. Individual participants may pick up t-shirts
and race bibs on Wednesday, October 15th, Thursday, October
16th and Friday, October 17th from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. or
Saturday, October 18th, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. |
| Beneficiaries: |
Up
to 75% of the net proceeds from the Race will go to fund local
area breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs
(see Grants) and at least 25% will
help fund the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Award
and Research Grant Program. |
The
Hawaii Race will appeal to the serious and casual runner,
but most importantly it will appeal to those that have been touched
by the disease and those who recognize the need to combat it.
Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, friends and family members
of those that have lost their battle to breast cancer and breast
cancer survivors will be at the race running individually as
well as part of corporate teams. |
For more information call us at:
Komen Hawaii
Race For The Cure
(808) 754-1817
or email: race@komenhawaii.org
|
