25th Anniversary Walk for Life/Race for Life
December 30, 2015
Saturday, Jan. 9 at Finlay Park
25 Years of Taking Steps Against Breast Cancer in the Midlands
COLUMBIA, SC – One morning. One mission. Beating breast cancer in the Midlands. On Jan. 9 at Finlay Park in Columbia, S.C., thousands of walkers and runners are expected to participate in Palmetto Health Foundation’s 25th Walk for Life and Race for Life. Proceeds benefit Palmetto Health Breast Center.
Event Schedule—
The certified 10K will start at 7:45 a.m., followed by the 5K at 8 a.m. Walkers will start at 8:30 a.m. Register at WalkForLifeColumbia.org through Friday, Jan. 8 at 7 a.m. EST. Registration includes a pink T-shirt for walkers and a pink performance shirt for runners. Registered breast cancer survivors will receive a complimentary keepsake survivor bandana. The certified 5K and 10K races, administered by Strictly Running, are part of Tour de Columbia.
Online Registration Fees—
Walk for Life: $30 | 5K Race for Life: $35 | 10K Race for Life: $35
Shirt Pickup—
Walkers may pick up their T-shirts at Palmetto Health Foundation, 1600 Marion St., Columbia, on Thursday, Jan. 7, and Friday, Jan. 8, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Runners may pick up their shirts, chips and bibs from Strictly Running (2515 Devine St., Columbia) from 7 to 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8.
Routes on Jan. 9—
Walkers will start and finish in Finlay Park. Due to unforeseen road construction on Gadsden Street, walkers will exit Finlay Park on the Taylor Street side and will re-enter the Park in the same location. Runners will have a different starting line—on Laurel Street—and will finish on Taylor Street. Route maps for both the 5K and 10K are at WalkForLifeColumbia.org.
Parking on Jan. 9—
Finlay Park is located at 930 Laurel Street in Columbia. Metered and street parking will be available, and parking garages surrounding the Park will be open.
Merchandise—
Walk for Life/Race for Life merchandise is available now at Palmetto Health Foundation, 1600 Marion Street, Columbia and will be available at Finlay Park on Jan. 9. Chilly weather items also are available—pink gloves, pink fleece scarves, pink fleece headbands. Proceeds from merchandise will benefit Palmetto Health Breast Center.
Proceeds from the 2015 Walk for Life/Race for Life will be used to help purchase 3D Tomosythesis (DBT) software for Palmetto Health Breast Center at Richland, a whole breast ultrasound system for Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge and a new mammography system with DBT software for the mobile mammography unit.
Last year, more than 11,000 walkers, runners, sponsors and supporters helped raise more than $814,000, including in-kind donations, for Palmetto Health Breast Center. Thanks to 25 years of community support, more than $8 million, including in-kind donations, has been raised. The first Walk for Life, founded by former First Lady of Columbia, Beth Coble, in collaboration with Baptist Medical Center staff, was held in 1991, with 200 walkers.
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