A Plug for a Good Cause

Some friends will be joining me this Saturday, September 11 for a 1K Walk to support the Chicago Lung Run and Walk at Montrose Harbor.  The Chicago Lung Run is held each year in support of lung cancer survivors and their families, and in memory of those who have lost their lives to lung cancer, the leading cancer killer in America. The mission of the Chicago Lung Run is to raise awareness of lung cancer and to raise much-needed funds for lung cancer research.

The 2010 Chicago Lung Run will benefit cutting-edge lung cancer research through:

• RHAMC - The mission of Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago is to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease through research, education and advocacy. RHAMC has been a leading lung health advocate since 1906. From its crusade against TB in the early 1900's to today's groundbreaking programs in women's lung health, asthma, COPD and lung cancer, RHAMC has been in the forefront of Chicago's fight against lung disease. Enlisting the finest educational tools from across the nation, RHAMC offers tobacco cessation and asthma education programs targeting adults, caregivers and children. A strong local advocacy effort culminated in the passage of smoke-free legislation in Chicago and Illinois, and limitations on power plant emissions. Respiratory Health Association has been a local leader in securing funding for important lung health research projects at Chicago area universities and serves as host to Chicago Thoracic Society, the local presence of American Thoracic Society in metropolitan Chicago. Funds raised through the 2008 Lung Run will support important lung cancer research projects through RHAMC.

• Uniting Against Lung Cancer- Uniting Against Lung Cancer is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization committed to fight lung cancer by funding innovative research into the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, including those who never smoked. Since 2003 over $6 Million has been awarded through 60 research grants to individual researchers at top cancer centers in 21 states.

If you'd like to join the team Friends of DonnaLee for a 1 mile walk (or you may also choose to do the 5k or 10k run), you can sign up at Link to Lung Run: http://www.lungrun.org/raceinfo.shtml and link to Join the Team at http://www.active.com/register/index.cfm?CHECKSSO=0&EVENT_ID=1845162.

If you can't make it then you may be a supporter by donating online to the team.  The link to donate is on the Team Pledge Page is http://www.active.com/donate/2010LungRun/DCaring3.

RACE INFO

Join us on September 11, 2010, for the 6th Annual Chicago Lung Run, a 10K/5K run, walk, and rally on the city's beautiful lakefront at Montrose Harbor! The Chicago Lung Run is one of the largest running events in the city, with more than 2,000 runners, lung cancer survivors, and representatives of leading Chicago hospitals expected this year.

Registration is now open! Register online now! View complete registration details on the http://www.lungrun.org/raceinfo.shtml

Date & Time

Saturday, September 11, 2010
8:30 a.m.: 10K race
9:00 a.m.: 5K race and 1 mile walk
Montrose Harbor: 4400 N Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60640

Shirt & Goody Bag

The first 500 registrants will receive a tech shirt! All other registrants will receive a cotton t-shirt. All registrants will receive a goody bag. Race shirts are short-sleeve, unisex-sized, and available in XS - XL. Please select carefully as shirt sizes and quantities are fixed and we are unable to exchange shirt sizes.

Transportation & Parking

To determine the best route to travel via public transportation, please visit the CTA's trip planner

Limited parking is available in the Montrose Harbor Parking Lot, Wilson and Lawrence Parking Lots and on Simonds Drive. Standard meter parking rates apply. Exit Lake Shore Drive at Wilson Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, or Foster Avenue.

For those who decide to come, we will try to coordinate through an email a place for us all together before the walk so we can all stay together on the course.
 
Thanks for your support!