How does a 5K race make a huge impact on the global movement to end breast cancer forever?

Through the fundraising efforts of every participant.

Download a fundraiser tracking form here.

Check out the cool prizes you can win by fundraising!  Raise $350 to be eligible for one! If you raise......

$5000 or more, you'll win a $250 gift certificate to Sports Basement
$2500-$4999, you will win a $150 gift certificate to Sports Basement
$1000-$2499, you'll win a MountainSmith Tour Bag from Sports Basement
$550-$999, you'll win a Komen logo hat and a Komen logo water bottle
$350-$549, you'll win a one-of-a-kind Komen SF logo tote bag, a Komen set of 5 Komen Imagine wristbands, and a Komen Running Ribbon pin.

Race fundraising officially closes on November 1, 2009. If you qualify for a prize, you will receive a notification letter in November, that will contain instructions on how to claim your prize.  Prizes are not cumulative.

Why Fundraise?

Registration fees pay for the event but personal giving and fundraising is what enables Komen to save lives here locally.  For this reason, please consider the impact you can make as a donor or fundraiser for the 2009 Race.  All you need to do is email everyone in your contact list.  Really it’s just that simple.  Please help by taking a minute or two of your day to send an email asking others to join and support your efforts in this year’s Race.  Taking a few minutes to send one email and raising as little as $77, the cost of a mammogram, can literally save lives.

If you registered online, you have been given a Personal Page to help you fundraise.  Log into your Race Center here to access your Personal Page to track your fundraising and send emails to your friends, family and co-workers asking for their support. If you do not wish to participate in the Race by registering, but do want to fundraise, you have the option of signing up to become a "Online Fundraiser Only".

If you would like a Fundraising Form to help you keep track of your fundrasing, click here to download one.

Fundraise on Facebook
Increase your fundraising ability! Add the Race for the Cure® boundlessFUNDRAISING™ application to your Facebook page. The app will insert a fundraising thermometer on your Facebook page so friends can make pledges in your support and follow your fundraising progress. It's easy, just log in. Then, click the Fundraise with Facebook button in your Participant Center to install.

Fundraise and Shop at Sports Basement!
All your friends and family are invited! On a special day of your choice Sports Basement will host a party in the store and provide free drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), snacks, and an incredible 10% discount on anything in the store. Sports Basement will also donate 10% of total sales from the event back to your team towards your fundraising efforts. Please contact Alex Calderon at acalderon@sportsbasement.com for further details.

Why Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure?

• Without a cure, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will continue to be diagnosed with breast cancer - a devastating disease with physical, emotional, psychological and financial pain that can last a lifetime.
  
  
• Without a cure, an estimated 5 million Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and more than 1 million could die - over the next 25 years.
  
  
• Without a cure, an estimated 25 million women around the world will be diagnosed with breast cancer - and 10 million could die - over the next 25 years.
  
  
• For the past 25 years, Komen for the Cure has played a critical role in every major advance in the fight against breast cancer - transforming how the world talks about and treats this disease and helping to turn millions of breast cancer patients into breast cancer survivors.
  
  
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure has been named the top rated charity by Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluatior of charities.

Think raising funds for a great cause is too hard?  Think again! 
Here are 10 Steps to Raise $500!

The 2008 Race fundraising competition officially ended on November 1, 2008.  Our Race fundraising participants officially raised over $622,000!  The top 100 2008 Race fundraisers are listed as members of the Pink Honor Roll!