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Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Greater New York Affiliate 19th Annual Race for the Cure
09/13/2009 - By Central Park

Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Greater New York Affiliate 19th Annual Race for the Cure

Celebrities from film, music and television joined over 24,000 participants - including more than 1,500 breast cancer survivors - at the 2009 Susan G. Komen New York City Race for the Cure(r) on Sunday, September 13 in Central Park.

Those in attendance included actress Uma Thurman; actress, Komen Ambassador and Circle of Promise spokesperson Gabrielle Union; Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report; longtime Komen Greater NYC supporter television star Judge Judy Sheindlin; and Grammy Award-winning singer Cyndi Lauper. Thurman, Colbert and his family, and Sheindlin fired off the three Race start guns. Lauper sang The Star Spangled Banner while Union spoke in Survivor Village before the Race and greeted fans in the Education Expo afterward.

"New York State's cuts to the Cancer Screening Program have created a real crisis for our organization and the people we serve," said Dara P. Richardson-Heron, M.D., CEO for the Komen Greater New York City Affiliate. "If reduced funding delays diagnoses, it could lead to increased cancer related health care costs and premature, unnecessary deaths.

"That's why this year's Race is more important than ever. We have committed a portion of the monies we raise this year for grants to underwrite mammography screening - something the State used to fund. Regular mammography and early breast cancer detection finds tumors when they are small and most responsive to treatment. Early detection is the key to surviving breast cancer."

Race participants walked or ran the 5K (3.1 mile) course through Central Park. The Race also included a special shortened course for the disabled, elderly, cancer survivors undergoing treatment and others who cannot finish the complete route.

Race for the Cure outreach has been multilingual with "save the date" flyers and some breast self-exam information translated into Bengali, Hindi, French, Creole, Korean, Chinese and Spanish. Materials have been disseminated by Komen Greater NYC grantees in an effort to make the Race even more representative of metropolitan New York's diversity.

The Education Expo, located west of the Bandshell, was expanded to include representatives from 27 breast health organizations funded by Komen Greater NYC, who handed out materials and talked with Race participants about breast health. Actress and Komen Ambassador Gabrielle Union was in the Education Expo to meet fans and talk about the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Circle of Promise, an initiative aimed at engaging African-American women in the fight against breast cancer.

Photos: Sean Friedman, Gene Shaw, Annette Chapman, Ken Levinson, Maria Casotti, Serita Basillo-Lewis, Michael Ficeto, and Leslie J. Yerman


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