PITTSBURGH -- The mission of eradicating breast cancer through education, screening, research and treatment is the focus of the
Komen Pittsburgh Race For the Cure.
WTAE has been the media sponsor of the annual Mother's Day race and walk since its inception in 1993. Join WTAE-TV at Schenley Park on Mother's Day, as we continue to fight breast cancer.
The event, a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) run/walk and a one-mile fast walk, has raised millions of dollars to date in the Pittsburgh market to support national breast cancer research.
Of the money raised, 75 percent remains in the local market to provide mammograms and follow-up diagnostic services to medically underserved women through the Mammogram Voucher Program (MVP).
Since the program began in 1993, more than 24,000 vouchers have been distributed and 150 cancers have been diagnosed.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation was founded by organized by Nancy Brinker in memory of her sister, Suzy, who died of breast cancer at the age of 36.
Of the local net proceeds, 25 percent goes back to the Foundation and funds breast cancer research projects. To date, the Foundation has raised in excess of $300 million. This year, the race will be run in 113 cities with more than 1 million participants.
It is organized locally by the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section.
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