Komen Race for the Cure raises $1.1 million in Seattle
Jun 4, 2012, 5:20 AM | Updated: 6:24 am
Organizers say about $1.1 million was raised at this year's Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Seattle. (AP Photo/file)
(AP Photo/file)
Organizers say about $1.1 million was raised at this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Seattle.
“We had 8,500 people come together and show their support for men and women in our community that are at risk of breast cancer,” said Jim Clune with Komen Puget Sound.
Clune said 75 percent of the money raised stays in the local community and covers free mammograms for low income and uninsured women. He said part of the funds also goes to education and treatment support for breast cancer patients.
Co-chair Char Davis, a breast cancer survivor, says the race faced some obstacles this year, but nothing as difficult as surviving cancer.
Attendance of 8,500 at the race this year was down from 14,000 last year.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
