Please join us for the 14th Annual Upstate SC Race for the Cure! Saturday, September 27, 2008 Greenville, South Carolina CU-ICAR Campus   Download the 2008 Race Flyer Here: Flyer for Competitive Runners Flyer for All Runners   Join us for the 14th Annual Komen Upstate Race for the Cure® on Saturday, September 27, 2008 - the "largest participatory sporting event in the Upstate," according to The Greenville News.  From 700 participants in 1995, the Race has grown to almost 5,000 participants, over 60 corporate sponsors and 425 survivors raising over $500,000 annually to fund breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.  The Race will kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Pink Sunday® in October.  Across the country, more than 100 Races will be held in 2008, expecting to attract more than one million participants.      New Race Site:  CU-ICAR Campus   To accomodate our growth, we will host the Race at the CU-ICAR Campus on Millennium Boulevard in Greenville.  We expect to attract a record 6,000+ participants, including elite and recreational runners, walkers, breast cancer survivors, sponsors, families, volunteers and the media.  View Site Map and Course Here (available soon).     Race Day Schedule 7:00 - 8:30 am  Late Packet Pick-Up and Late Registration    7:15 - 8:15 am Team Pictures    7:30 am Survivors’ Sunrise Breakfast Celebration   8:30 am Opening Ceremony and Survivor Recognition 9:20 am 5K and 1-Mile Events   10:20 am Kids' Dashes for those 6 and younger 10:30  Stage Presentations         Survivors at the 2007 Race along with State Rep. Fletcher Smith, U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis, State Senator Jim Ritchie, State Rep. David Thomas and State Senator Larry Martin.      Help these women find a cure!  REGISTER NOW for the 14th Annual Upstate Race for the Cure®!       I AM THE CURE Program   A highly successful I AM THE CURE Program will be incorporated again at the Race to increase breast cancer awareness in fun and exciting ways.  We will be inviting cheering squads from across the Upstate to cheer on our Racers with key breast health messaging of hope and determination!  You will also be able to visit our new I AM THE CURE Tent to learn more about life-saving tips on breast cancer and win prizes for your knowledge.    Email KomenUpstateSC@charterinternet.com to register your cheering squad.    3rd Annual Sleep In for the Cure   Out of town on Race Day?  Work nights? Or just want to sleep in on Race day?  Sleep In for the Cure® is the perfect way to show your support for the Race and the fight against breast cancer.  Sign up for Sleep In for the Cure® and receive a Race T-Shirt, a commemorative Sleep In for the Cure® Pillow Case and special "Snooze Bib."  Want to increase the size of your Team?  Have relatives, friends and co-workers who are out of town or unavailable on Race Day sing up with your team for Sleep In for the Cure®.     7th Annual Survivors’ Sunrise Breakfast Celebration   Breast cancer survivors only are invited to join us for the 7th Annual Survivors’ Sunrise Breakfast Celebration on Race Day starting at 7:30 am.  We expect this to be our most beautiful breakfast ever as we gather in the glass atrium of the new Carroll Campbell Engineering Building on the CU-ICAR campus.    Survivors will be treated to a delicious hot breakfast provided by Scratch and a variety of coffees by West End Coffee.  After you enjoy this special breakfast with 425 of your fellow survivors, we invite you to participate in the "Parade of Pink Survivors' Ceremony" to honor our survivors.  Each survivor will receive a special "goody bag" and survivor medal.  Survivor parking will be at the CU-ICAR Parking Deck.  Survivors must arrive before 7:30 am. If you have any Race-related questions, please contact our office at 864-234-5035.                             Launched Major Public Policy Initiative at last year's Race...    During the Survivor Ceremony last year, we asked our state senators and representatives to allocate the first ever state funding of $2 million for the Best Chance Network to provide uninsured, low-income women with free breast and cervical cancer screenings.  Our state legislators heard our request and allocated the first ever $2 million state allocation on July 1, 2008.  This funding doubles the program’s budget, providing an additional 9,000 women with access to life-saving screening. In conjunction with this new funding, the Best Chance Network has lowered the eligibility age to 40 (down from 47), making the program consistent with national screening guidelines and expanding access to the women of South Carolina.   To show their support, the following U.S. and state legislators spoke out for this funding.            U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis           State Rep. David Thomas       U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett     State Rep. Fletcher Smith      State Senator Jim Ritchie     State Senator Larry Martin       Executive Director, Mary Lynn Donovan

Directions and Parking   All participants should be at the Race Site by 7:30 AM!  Anticipate heavy traffic and arrive early. Carpool if possible. Obey parking volunteers and signs.  Parking for the Race will be announced soon.     Directions:  Take Interstate 85 to Greenville.  Take exit 48 B at Laurens Road (Highway 276) going West towards Greenville.  At first red light, turn right onto Verdae Boulevard.  Go approximately one mile and turn right onto Salters Road.  Proceed approximately 0.7 mile (Salters Road becomes Old Sulphur Springs Road) to Millennium Blvd. Follow the signs and traffic marshall from there.     OR    Take Interstate 85 to Greenville. Take exit 51 to Interstate 385 North towards downtown Greenville. Take the first exit (exit 37) Roper Mountain Road.  Turn left on Roper Mountain Road.  Proceed approxinately 1.1 mile (Roper Mountain Road becomes Verdae Blvd.)  Turn left onto Salters Road.  Proceed approximately 0.7 mile (Salters Road becomes Old Sulphur Springs Road) to Millennium Blvd.  Follow the Signs and traffic marshall from there.    Note:  This year the event site is NOT accessible via Laurens Road.  DO NOT attempt to take Laurens Road to either Millennium Blvd. or Innovation Drive.  Both of these roads will be closed for the event.  Instead take one of the routes listed above.  Some parking locations are along Carolina Point Parkway just south of Woodruff Road (near Whole Foods and Circuit City).  DO NOT attempt to access these parking lots via Woodruff Road.  Carolina Point Parkway will be closed just south of Woodruuf Road.  Access all parking only via Salters Road/Old Sulphur Springs Road.      Pre Race Silent Auction Friday, September 26 at CU-ICAR   Participate in our 3rd silent auction and drawing for some great presents for yourself or others!  Why not write a check to Komen and then go shopping for the holidays or for a massage or manicure or out to dinner? So, bring your checkbook, cash or credit cards, run up the bidding and help make the silent auction a big success to raise money to fight breast cancer!  Tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased Online Here (available soon).  (Tax receipts will be available.)     Register/Login Now for the 2008 Upstate SC Race for the Cure