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[Click here for application form] Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation team
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| Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation Team: |
| Marie Barry |
| Neil Carragher |
| Michael Dos Santos |
| David Eastman |
| Marni Gerber |
| Stacy Gugliotta |
| Pat Lynch |
| Christina Puglisi |
| Michael Redmond |
| Molly Roy |
| Suzanne Sherman Kaplan |
| Anthony Skalicky |
| Raquel Styler |
| Colleen Volkman |
There are still spots available to join our team. For guaranteed entry into the marathon, you will be asked to raise money to support the Foundation and its mission as part of the Charity Runner program. For more information, see below.
Charity Runner Application
The Colon Cancer Challenge® Foundation is pleased and excited to announce its participation in the ING New York City Marathon Charity Runner program. This is our first year of participating in Charity Runner and we have 20 spots available. You can help us continue to grow our mission to reduce colorectal cancer incidence and death in the metropolitan New York area and nationwide by taking the challenge to raise funds as you run in the New York Road Runners’ premier event on November 7, 2010.
If you would like to join us, please fill out the attached application form and fax it to 516-233-2586, or mail it to Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation, P. O. Box 20722 Floral Park, NY 11002. Applications are now being accepted. Please check the minimum fundraising amount of your choice on the application for your opportunity to secure guaranteed entry into the ING NYC Marathon.
If you have any questions about joining our team for the ING NYC Marathon, please contact Jennifer Sloan Doelger at Doelger@ColonCancerChallenge.org.
Colon Cancer Challenge participant benefits include:
- Exclusive ING NYRR Colon Cancer Challenge T-shirt
- A pasta dinner in New York the night before the Marathon
- A hotel room in NYC for the night before the Marathon (if requested)
The Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation registered in New York State and is listed by the Federal IRS as public charity. The Foundation is dedicated to reducing colorectal cancer incidence and death in New York and across the nation. Our mission includes:
- Increasing public awareness about colorectal cancer and its prevention.
- Encouraging early colorectal cancer screenings for all.
- Educating health care providers and the public about the importance of colorectal cancer screening.
- Supporting and conducting research into the causes of and cures for colorectal cancer.
- Supporting young medical and scientific investigators; the Future of Colon Cancer Research
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. 150,000 Americans are diagnosed each year while over 40,000 will die of the disease this year alone. The purpose of the Colon Cancer Challenge Foundation is to raise support in order to address the colorectal cancer problem, a major public health challenge for our country. In order to address the colon cancer problem the Foundation focuses on increasing public awareness, promoting prevention and early detection, improving screening methods, patient advocacy and research into the causes of and improved treatment(s) for colon cancer.
The Foundation’s mission also includes support of efforts to provide colorectal cancer screening to the non- and under-insured as well as support colorectal cancer patient advocacy efforts. This support will be provided through charitable donations by the Foundation to accredited, not-for-profit organizations such as the American Cancer Society, The Fund for Public Health in New York and the Colon Cancer Alliance.
