Stop the presses!

Several folks from Komen were on the road this morning announcing the formal Kick Off for the 2010 Komen Arkansas Race for the Cure.

On KATV, the design winner for the Kids Race for the Cure shirts, Owen Silzer, was on their morning program. And over at Today's THV, Matt Propst and Errin Dean were promoting 3 Miles of Men.

Then, at 10:30 on this warm summer day, Donna Easley, Sherrye McBryde, Anthony Lucas, Herren Hickingbotham and Ed Drilling announced that the 2010 Race for the Cure was open for business!

There is a great need in our poor rural state for mammograms. There are 25 counties in Arkansas that do not have fixed mammography services. Thanks to a new mobile mammography unit through UAMS, over 1000 women in 11 of those counties have been able to get mammograms and 9 were diagnosed with breast cancer. That is 9 lives saved! With your support, hopefully in the near future, all 75 counties in Arkansas will have access to mammograms for their residents.

A new way for everyone to donate this year is by texting the word "Komen" to 20222. $10 will be donated each time. You may text 3 times, but don't forget to save one of those times for Race Day!

To find more information about Race Day, please go to www.komenarkansas.org. Please sign up for the Race for the Cure while you are there.

And if you think you're not in shape to do the race, just think again! Tjuana Byrd (Tbyrd), for the 2nd year in a row, is heading the Fitness for a Cure at War Memorial stadium on Tuesdays & Thursdays starting September 7th. The cost is $10, and you can sign up when you register for the race. If you don't live in Central Arkansas, but still would like to participate, there will be a free online Fitness program as well.

You can sign up as a runner, a walker, or if you like sleeping in, you can still register and get a tee shirt to sleep in on Race Day!

And get the guys in your life involved as well. 3 Miles of Men is a great way to get them on our team. They get a snazzy shirt, free tailgate party at Diamond Bear Brewery with free pizza from Larry's Pizza & beer from Diamond Bear! And, they get to hobnob with our very own former Razorback Anthony Lucas.... I think I hear my family now logging on to register!

The most important thing, though, is you being a part of the Komen family. With all of us working together, we are greater than just one.

WE > ME

Join us, won't you?