SOUTHSIDE NOTEBOOK: Run to benefit lung cancer
October 30th, 2009
The first “Free to Breathe” run/walk to benefit lung cancer is at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Hendricks Avenue Elementary School, 3400 Hendricks Ave. Registration starts at 7 a.m. Awards will be given to the top male and female finishers in divisions ranging from age 10 and under to 70 and older.
It will consist of a 5K run/walk and a 1-mile walk. Julia Stroud, a lung cancer survivor and advocate, said in a news release that more than 400 lung cancer survivors and supporters have registered.
Data from the National Lung Cancer Partnership indicates one in 13 men and one in 16 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer in America, killing more people than breast, colon, prostate, liver, kidney and melanoma cancers combined, the release said.