The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

The Race for the Cure Will Be October 22


The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure will be held October 22 in downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.

This year's honorary chair is Denna Burnett Bailey, widow of Tom Burnett, a passenger on United Airlines flight 92 on September 11.

The Race for the Cure, the largest 5k/fitness run in the world, raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer. It celebrates survivors and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease. More than 1 million people are expected to participate in races worldwide in 2011, and Little Rock has been host to some of the largest races since the race's inception in 1983.

The race website states that "up to 75 percent of the funds raised at the race remain here in Arkansas to provide breast health research, diagnostics, screening, treatment, services and education for uninsured or underinsured women."

It states the remaining 25 percent goes to fund national research to discover the causes of breast cancer and research to find a cure.