Charity Gets Surprise $77,800 Boost VT-NH “Survivor of the Year” Nominations Sought for 2010

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VT-NH Race for the Cure

August 13, 2009
VT-NH Komen Race for the Cure Grosses $469,823 Plus

MANCHESTER, VT – Exact numbers are still being tallied and dollars are still coming in but, as of this writing, the 2009 VT-NH Komen Race for the Cure, held July 26 at Hildene Meadows in Manchester, Vermont, attracted approximately 2,500 runners and walkers, around 200 volunteers, and has brought in close to $470,000.

That figure includes cash sponsorships, in-kind sponsorships (radio and TV airtime, newspaper and magazine space, etc.), the silent auction, raffle proceeds, merchandise sales, race registrations and pledges (pledge monies are still coming in and will be accepted until September 1).

“We are very, very pleased and grateful,” said Race Co-Chair, Becky Burke. “Given the fact that we’re in the worst economy in fifty years, and we’ve been experiencing one of the wettest summers anyone can remember, we didn’t know what to expect. We did very well, really. I should say that all the folks who stepped up to the plate, opened their hearts, and their wallets, they did very well.”

Since the first local race in 1993, the VT-NH Affiliate has netted, not including this year’s monies, more than $5.7 million, seventy-five percent of which ($4.3 million) went to local community breast cancer education, treatment and screening programs. The remaining 25 percent ($1.4 million) went to the national Susan G. Komen for the Cure Grants Program to fund research.

For more information and to see a gallery of race day photos, visit www.vtnhkomen.org. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.