The Particularly for You Race In opposition to Breast Most cancers has been a Cedar Rapids custom for greater than three a long time. Its stage of success in each members and cash raised continues to be inspiring and superb.
The thirty first installment of the Particularly for You Race In opposition to Breast Most cancers was held on a moist Sunday morning at Mercy Medical Middle in Cedar Rapids with members going down each in-person and just about. After 10,264 folks took half throughout the top of the COVID-19 pandemic in October of 2020, a complete of 12,806 registered for the 2021 occasion.
Sunday morning’s Particularly for You occasion raised a whopping $385,000 for the Particularly for You fund. It supplies monetary assist for gynecological and breast most cancers screenings for folks in want. Because the fund was began right here in Linn County, over 11,000 folks have obtained help with roughly 26,000 companies.
There have been a complete of 457 groups signed up for Sunday morning’s occasion. The 12,806 members had been from 37 states and 483 cities, with the oldest particular person being 96-years-old. A complete of 690 most cancers survivors registered for this yr’s race.
The Particularly For You race, a mixed effort of Mercy Medical Middle and Common Mills, is definitely three occasions. There’s a 5K run, a 5K stroll, and a one-mile enjoyable stroll for households. After beginning at Mercy Medical Middle, the stroll concluded at Inexperienced Sq. with a well being honest, meals truck, and extra.
The annual occasion was first impressed by the desires of Whittier, Iowa resident Sandy Knight. She died of breast most cancers at a younger age in July of 1991. Earlier than her passing, she requested {that a} race to boost cash for breast most cancers consciousness and training be began. That first yr, 1,078 folks took half.
Race outcomes from as we speak will likely be accessible here.
