Race Start: 9:00 AM (race day registration and packet pickup will open at 7:00 AM)
Location: Freedom Plaza (Pennsylvania Ave. between 13th St. and 14th St.), Washington, DC
Cost: $25 in advance; $30 race weekend (March 27-29)
To sign up: scopeitout5k.com
If you are unable to attend and would like to make a contribution, please click here.
Honorary Race Co-Chairs
Republican Leader John A. Boehner Congressman Todd Akin Congressman Brian Bilbray Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn Congressman Earl Blumenauer Congressman Roy Blunt Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite Congresswoman Donna Christensen Congressman Mike Coffman Congressman Mike Conaway Congressman John Dingell Congressman Bob Goodlatte Congresswoman Kay Granger Congressman Gene Green Congressman Darrell Issa Congressman Don Manzullo Congressman Charlie Melancon Congressman Tom Price, M.D Congressman Tim Ryan Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Congressman Mark Souder Congressman Chris Van Hollen Congressman Rob Wittman
~ If you know of someone interested in signing up as an honorary co-chair, please email Jill Pasqualetto. Greetings!
I am writing to urge you to become an advocate for colon cancer awareness and join me at the Scope it Out 5K Run/Walk. My sister, Karen Pasqualetto, passed away from this terrible disease in 2008 and her death could have been avoided with a simple colonoscopy.
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS) colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. ACS estimates that about 148,810 new cases of colorectal cancer (77,250 in men and 71,560 in women) will be diagnosed in 2008. But colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer.
"As many as 80% of the 150,000 annual cases of colon cancer could be prevented if only the colonoscopy were as commonly utilized as the mammogram and Pap smear," according to Dr. John Marshall, director of developmental therapeutics and GI oncology at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The most common symptom of colorectal cancer is no symptom at all. That is why advance screenings are so important. With a combination of increased education and investments in research and screening techniques, we will someday retreat this disease to nothing more than a footnote in medical school textbooks. But we need your help.
The Scope it Out 5K Run/Walk for Colon Cancer Awareness is a entering its fifth year in WashingtonD.C. Since its inception in 2005, more than 7,400 people have participated, raising nearly $300,000 for colon cancer research and advocacy campaigns. The race is hosted by the all-volunteer Colon Cancer Awareness Foundation (CCAF) and 2009 race proceeds will be donated to LombardiComprehensiveCancerCenter and CCAF.
March is colorectal cancer awareness month and this is the perfect opportunity to get involved!
Sincerely,
Jill Pasqualetto 703.237.7773 x102
The Colon Cancer Awareness Foundation is a 501(c)3 foundation formed to increase awareness of, encourage early detection of, and support research efforts in fighting colon cancer. Race proceeds are donated to the following foundations: Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Colon Cancer Awareness Foundation.