Thousands of Utahns race for breast cancer cure
Published: May 8, 2005
Robynn and Haley Rasmussen had a lot of choices on what to do Saturday. The mother and daughter decided to spend the day working outside in the rain and cold.
The two, as well as Robynn’s niece and her daughter, joined hundreds of other volunteers to help out at the Komen Salt Lake City Race for the Cure, an annual event to raise money for breast cancer research and treatment.
“It’s fun to do,” Robynn said, with 12-year-old Haley nodding in agreement, as they registered participants.
The Rasmussens, with Missy and Molly Page, pitched in as members of the National Charity League, an organization that promotes community involvement and strong mother-daughter relationships through philanthropic work.
Others signed up to volunteer through other groups, at their workplace or individually.
The event - a Cure 5K wheelchair race, a 5K run/5K walk and a one-mile fun walk/run - is a nationwide fund-raising effort by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Runners and walkers pay an entry fee and the race is staged by volunteers who work for free.
The total raised will be known in a few weeks.
In Utah, a steady rain was no deterrent. Of the record 12,350 people who signed up for this year’s race, more than 11,000 showed up.
“People really came out and supported us,” one of the organizers, Rhonda Greenwood, said.
Among them were Pauline’s Angels, 41 friends and relatives of Pauline Ahlin, a breast cancer survivor.
Many of the group’s members, who all sported wings and halos, came from out of state to take part in the event.
“I am so pleased,” Ahlin, 77, said. “I hope we can work on the cure.”
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