MORRIS COUNTY — Sunday, May 5 may have been a wet and soggy day at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, but the downpour couldn’t keep away the “outpouring” of support—an estimated 1,000 people, in fact, braved the weather and came out to participate in the annual Susan G. Komen North Jersey Race for the Cure.
ABC-TV Eyewitness News Reporter Anthony Johnson served as Emcee; and there absolutely was singing and dancing: as part of the Survivor/Forever Fighter Celebration, survivors sang the traditional “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, and scores of young dancers from the Lois Allen School of The Dance literally danced in the rain to entertain Race Day participants.
The annual event, which includes a 5K Fun Walk, USATF Timed Race, and other activities, raises money for the fight against breast cancer.
The mission of Susan G. Komen North Jersey is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities and investing in breakthrough research to prevent and cure breast cancer.
Through the annual Race for the Cure® Pink Tie Party and other events and activities, Komen North Jersey raises funds to provide screening and diagnostic services, breast health/breast cancer education, treatment support, and survivorship programs for underserved women and men in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, Union and Warren counties. Since its founding in 1997, Komen North Jersey has awarded over $19 million in local community grants, and has directed more than $7 million to national research programs in pursuit of new breast cancer screening techniques, better and more effective treatment options, and ultimately, the causes and cures to eradicate breast cancer forever.
Susan G. Komen North Jersey is located at 4 Campus Drive, Parsippany. For more information click here.
