The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® Series raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. These events celebrate breast cancer survivorship and honor those who have lost their battle with the disease. The largest series of 5K runs/fitness walks in the world, the Komen Race for the Cure® Series has grown from one local Race with 800 participants in Dallas in 1983 to a series of more than 120 Races with more than 1.5 million participants this year alone.
Since its inception in 1992, the Race for the Cure in Orange County alone has raised more than $21 million in the fight, and last year it brought more than 30,000 people to Newport Beach. The event will feature two 5k walks, a one-mile fun walk and a breast cancer survivor tribute. Participants who register for “In the Pink” VIP status will enjoy various perks on Race day, including exclusive access to the VIP area. Funds raised during the Komen Race for the Cure® Series support the Komen vision of a world without breast cancer. Seventy-five percent of income stays in the community to fund local breast health education and breast cancer screening and treatment programs, and the remaining 25 percent supports the Komen Award and Research Grant Program, which funds groundbreaking breast cancer research.
